Description
OW2 ASM 3.0 before 9.11 contains an uncontrolled recursion vulnerability in SignatureReader.parseType() that allows attackers to exhaust the stack via deeply nested generic type signatures. Attackers can supply a crafted class file with a long Signature attribute containing many nested type arguments to trigger a StackOverflowError during class transformation, causing denial of service.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 5.5/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
Source: the vendor's advisory (CNA). NVD analysis pending.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| OW2 | ASM | >= 3.0, < 9.11 |
References
- https://asm.ow2.io/versions.html
- https://gitlab.ow2.org/asm/asm/-/blob/ASM_9_10_1/asm/src/main/java/org/objectweb/asm/signature/SignatureReader.java#L151
- https://gitlab.ow2.org/asm/asm/-/commit/8f87fc0317a4c5ee8f538bcbb641928def25dbd6
- https://gitlab.ow2.org/asm/asm/-/merge_requests/465
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ow2-asm-3.0-before-9.11-uncontrolled-recursion-in-signaturereader
Timeline
- Published
- Oct 14, 2026
- Last modified
- Oct 14, 2026
- NVD status
- Awaiting Analysis