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Medium severity · published Oct 14, 2026
CVE-2026-110260
OW2 ASM 3.0 before 9.11 Quadratic Memory Allocation via Exception Handlers
5.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
OW2 ASM 3.0 before 9.11 contains a quadratic memory allocation vulnerability in MethodWriter.computeMaxStackAndLocal() and computeAllFrames() when using COMPUTE_MAXS or COMPUTE_FRAMES. Attackers can supply a crafted class file with thousands of overlapping exception handlers, causing excessive Edge allocations and an OutOfMemoryError that crashes the JVM.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 7% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AS
ASM · OW2
3.0 before 9.11 · source: vendor
Affected product
AS
ASM
OW2
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-110260
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-110260
patch
https://gitlab.ow2.org/asm/asm/-/merge_requests/461
patch
https://gitlab.ow2.org/asm/asm/-/commit/91057c98239d994aed5e46434e34e00d593c0daf
technical-description
https://gitlab.ow2.org/asm/asm/-/blob/ASM_9_10_1/asm/src/main/java/org/objectweb/asm/MethodWriter.java#L1662
release-notes
https://asm.ow2.io/versions.html
third-party-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ow2-asm-3.0-before-9.11-quadratic-memory-allocation-via-exception-handlers
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