CVE-2022-21366: Medium severity Oracle GraalVM vulnerability

Published Jan 18, 2022
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Updated

A flaw was found in the way the TIFFFaxDecompressor, TIFFLZWDecompressor, and TIFFPackBitsDecompressor classes implementations in the ImageIO component of OpenJDK handled memory allocations when processing TIFF images. A specially-crafted TIFF image with a small size could cause a Java application to allocate an excessive amount of memory when opened.

Other sources

Vulnerability in the Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: ImageIO). Supported versions that are affected are Oracle Java SE: 11.0.13, 17.0.1; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.4 and 21.3.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle 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 Oracle 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).

Affected Software

38 affected componentsFixes available
redhat/java<11-openjdk-1:11.0.14.0.9-1.el7_9
11-openjdk-1:11.0.14.0.9-1.el7_9
redhat/java<17-openjdk-1:17.0.2.0.8-4.el8_5
17-openjdk-1:17.0.2.0.8-4.el8_5
redhat/java<11-openjdk-1:11.0.14.0.9-2.el8_5
11-openjdk-1:11.0.14.0.9-2.el8_5
redhat/java<11-openjdk-1:11.0.14.0.9-1.el8_1
11-openjdk-1:11.0.14.0.9-1.el8_1
redhat/java<11-openjdk-1:11.0.14.0.9-1.el8_2
11-openjdk-1:11.0.14.0.9-1.el8_2
redhat/java<11-openjdk-1:11.0.14.0.9-2.el8_4
11-openjdk-1:11.0.14.0.9-2.el8_4
debian/openjdk-11
11.0.16+8-1~deb10u111.0.21+9-1~deb10u111.0.20+8-1~deb11u111.0.21+9-1~deb11u111.0.22~6ea-1
debian/openjdk-17
17.0.7+7-1~deb11u117.0.9+9-1~deb11u117.0.9+9-1~deb12u117.0.9+9-217.0.10~6ea-1
Oracle GraalVM=20.3.4
Oracle GraalVM=21.3.0
Oracle JDK=11.0.13
Oracle JDK=17.0.1
Oracle JRE=11.0.13
Oracle JRE=17.0.1
NetApp 7-Mode Transition Tool
NetApp Active Iq Unified Manager Vmware Vsphere
NetApp Active Iq Unified Manager Windows
NetApp Cloud Insights Acquisition Unit
NetApp Cloud Secure Agent
NetApp E-Series SANtricity OS Controller>=11.0.0<=11.70.1
NetApp E-series Santricity Storage Manager
NetApp E-series Santricity Web Services Web Services Proxy
NetApp Hci Management Node
NetApp OnCommand Insight
NetApp OnCommand Workflow Automation
NetApp Santricity Storage Plugin Vcenter
NetApp Santricity Unified Manager
NetApp Snapmanager Oracle
NetApp Snapmanager Sap
NetApp Solidfire
Debian Debian Linux=10.0
Debian Debian Linux=11.0
Oracle OpenJDK>=11<=11.0.13
Oracle OpenJDK>=13<=13.0.9
Oracle OpenJDK>=15<=15.0.5
Oracle OpenJDK=17
Oracle OpenJDK=17.0.1
NetApp Cloud Insights

Event History

Jan 18, 2022
CVE Published
12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via Red Hat·10:05 AM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software
Jan 19, 2022
CVE Published
via MITRE·11:25 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·11:25 AM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·12:15 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the vulnerability ID for this Oracle Java SE vulnerability?

The vulnerability ID for this Oracle Java SE vulnerability is CVE-2022-21366.

2

What is the affected component of this vulnerability?

The affected component of this vulnerability is ImageIO.

3

Which versions of Oracle Java SE and Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition are affected?

The affected versions are Oracle Java SE 11.0.13, 17.0.1; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition 20.3.4 and 21.3.0.

4

Is this vulnerability easily exploitable?

Yes, this vulnerability is easily exploitable.

5

What is the severity level of this vulnerability?

The severity level of this vulnerability is medium.

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