CVE-2026-110261OW2 ASM 3.0 before 9.11 Excessive CPU Consumption via ClassWriter COMPUTE_FRAMES
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OW2 ASM 3.0 before 9.11 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to exhaust CPU by supplying crafted class files processed with ClassWriter.COMPUTE_FRAMES. Attackers can craft methods that make the unbounded MethodWriter.computeAllFrames() fix point algorithm converge slowly, tying up transforming threads for unbounded time.
- CVSS
- 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-407
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- VulnCheck
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Oct 14, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 14, 2026
Affected products
OW2 ASM ow2:asm (from the name) | from 3.0 before 9.11 | CNA record |
References
- https://gitlab.ow2.org/asm/asm/-/merge_requests/463patch
- https://gitlab.ow2.org/asm/asm/-/commit/ab68bbd2521359b7c8cd3517c6331ced3d817ed0patch
- https://gitlab.ow2.org/asm/asm/-/blob/ASM_9_10_1/asm/src/main/java/org/objectweb/asm/MethodWriter.java#L1595technical-description
- https://asm.ow2.io/versions.htmlrelease-notes
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ow2-asm-3.0-before-9.11-excessive-cpu-consumption-via-classwriter-compute-framesthird-party-advisory
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