Resource exhaustion in NetApp Oncommand Insight

CVE-2021-37136

The Bzip2 decompression decoder function doesn't allow setting size restrictions on the decompressed output data (which affects the allocation size used during decompression). All users of Bzip2Decoder are affected. The malicious input can trigger an OOME and so a DoS attack

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.059 (93.2th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2021-37136: held from 0.059 to 0.059.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.059 · newest: 0.059 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-37136?
CVE-2021-37136 is a high-severity vulnerability in NetApp Oncommand Insight, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-10-19.
How severe is CVE-2021-37136?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-37136 known to be exploited?
3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.