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CVE-2021-36373

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 2.53%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-07-14 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5. It affects Apache.

CVE
CVE-2021-36373
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
2.53%
Apache

Original NVD Description

When reading a specially crafted TAR archive an Apache Ant build can be made to allocate large amounts of memory that finally leads to an out of memory error, even for small inputs. This can be used to disrupt builds using Apache Ant. Apache Ant prior to 1.9.16 and 1.10.11 were affected.

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