5.3

CVE-2021-35559: debian debian_linux Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 5.3v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2021-35559DEBIAN-CVE-2021-35559CGA-39qw-ffxj-9ggw
Published 20-10-2021Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-35559 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 15.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
24/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
15.90%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 41 · Related 29
DLA-2814-1DSA-5000-1DSA-5000-2DSA-5012-1MGASA-2021-0542OPENSUSE-SU-2021:1455-1

Timeline

  1. 20-10-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: Swing). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u311, 8u301, 11.0.12, 17; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.3 and 21.2.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. Note: This vulnerability applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets, that load and run untrusted code (e.g., code that comes from the internet) and rely on the Java sandbox for security. This vulnerability can also be exploited by using APIs in the specified Component, e.g., through a web service which supplies data to the APIs. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.3 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).

CVSS metrics

7 scores · 6 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

15.90%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

97%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 15.90% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
15.90%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Chainguard21 products
  • openjdk-10All versions (No fix recorded)
  • openjdk-11-openj9-default-policy< 0.53.0-r0
  • openjdk-13-jre-baseAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • openjdk-15-jreAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • openjdk-16-jreAll versions (No fix recorded)
Netapp10 products
Wolfi5 products
  • openjdk-10All versions (No fix recorded)
  • openjdk-13-jre-baseAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • openjdk-15-jreAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • openjdk-16-jreAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • openjdk-9-jreAll versions (No fix recorded)
Ubuntu4 products
  • openjdk-13All versions (No fix recorded)
  • openjdk-8< 8u312-b07-0ubuntu1~16.04 | < 8u312-b07-0ubuntu1~18.04 | < 8u312-b07-0ubuntu1~20.04
  • openjdk-9All versions (No fix recorded)
  • openjdk-lts< 11.0.13+8-0ubuntu1~18.04 | < 11.0.13+8-0ubuntu1~20.04
Debian2 products
Oracle2 products
  • graalvmEOL20.3.3 | 21.2.0
  • openjdkEOL7:update311 | 8:update301 | 11.0.12 | 17
Fedoraproject1 product
Oracle corporation1 product
  • java se jdk and jreJava SE:7u311 | Java SE:8u301 | Java SE:11.0.12 | Java SE:17 | Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition:20.3.3 | Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition:21.2.0

8 vendors · 46 products

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