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OW2 ASM 3.0 before 9.11 Exponential Memory Allocation in JSRInlinerAdapter

Type: advisorySources: Official CVE List

OW2 ASM 3.0 before 9.11 contains an uncontrolled memory allocation vulnerability in the asm-commons JSRInlinerAdapter that inlines JSR/RET subroutines without memory or work limits. Attackers can supply a crafted class file with nested subroutines to force O(2^n) memory allocation, causing an OutOfMemoryError that crashes the JVM.

Products
ASM
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-110270
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
30 Oct 2026, 13:04 UTC · Revision 2

Source evidence

OW2 ASM 3.0 before 9.11 Exponential Memory Allocation in JSRInlinerAdapter

core-cve · Original source

Published 14 Oct 2026, 14:16 UTC

OW2 ASM 3.0 before 9.11 contains an uncontrolled memory allocation vulnerability in the asm-commons JSRInlinerAdapter that inlines JSR/RET subroutines without memory or work limits. Attackers can supply a crafted class file with nested subroutines to force O(2^n) memory allocation, causing an OutOfMemoryError that crashes the JVM.

cve:CVE-2026-110270

ASM

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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