High severity · published Jun 16, 2021
CVE-2021-30468
A vulnerability in the JsonMapObjectReaderWriter of Apache CXF allows an attacker to submit malformed JSON to a web service, which results in the thread getting stuck in an…
7.5
CVSS
7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability in the JsonMapObjectReaderWriter of Apache CXF allows an attacker to submit malformed JSON to a web service, which results in the thread getting stuck in an infinite loop, consuming CPU indefinitely. This issue affects Apache CXF versions prior to 3.4.4; Apache CXF versions prior to 3.3.11.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)7.0% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BI
Business Intelligence · Oracle
5.5.0.0.0; 5.9.0.0.0; 12.2.1.3.0; 12.2.1.4.0 · source: NVD
CE
Communications Element Manager · Oracle
8.2.2 · source: NVD
CM
Communications Messaging Server · Oracle
8.1 · source: NVD
CX
Cxf · Apache
before 3.3.11; 3.4.0 before 3.4.4 · source: NVD
TO
Tomee · Apache
8.0.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-30468
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-30468
Vendor Advisory
http://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2021-30468.txt.asc
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/06/16/2
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3f46ae38e4a6e80c069cdb320e0ce831b0a21a12ef0cc92c0943f34a%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4771084730c4cf6e59eda60b4407122c86f174eb750b24f610ba9ff4%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4a4b6bc0520b69c18d2a59daa6af84ae49f0c22164dccb8538794459%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4a4b6bc0520b69c18d2a59daa6af84ae49f0c22164dccb8538794459%40%3Cdev.cxf.apache.org%3E
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