OW2 ASM 5.0 before 9.11 contains an excessive memory allocation vulnerability in ClassReader.readBootstrapMethodsAttribute() that sizes an int array from num_bootstrap_methods without validating attribute_length. Attackers can supply a crafted class file of about 100 bytes that forces roughly 2 GB allocation, causing an OutOfMemoryError that crashes the JVM or consuming thread.
Fix
Microsoft's update · Moderate
- Release Notes — azl3 objectweb-asm 9.6-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 · build 9.11.1-1
From the 2026-Oct release note of Microsoft's Security Update Guide, revised 2026-11-01.
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 6.8NVD modified 2026-10-14 16:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 0
NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.
References 5
- https://asm.ow2.io/versions.html
- https://gitlab.ow2.org/asm/asm/-/blob/ASM_9_10_1/asm/src/main/java/org/objectweb/asm/ClassReader.java#L3497
- https://gitlab.ow2.org/asm/asm/-/commit/eb5fa95bb0670eaec2ecf9b8a3a501b48e5a967c
- https://gitlab.ow2.org/asm/asm/-/merge_requests/456
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ow2-asm-5.0-before-9.11-excessive-memory-allocation-via-bootstrapmethods-attribute