CVE-2026-110260
Description
OW2 ASM 3.0 before 9.11 contains a quadratic memory allocation vulnerability in MethodWriter.computeMaxStackAndLocal() and computeAllFrames() when using COMPUTE_MAXS or COMPUTE_FRAMES. Attackers can supply a crafted class file with thousands of overlapping exception handlers, causing excessive Edge allocations and an OutOfMemoryError that crashes the JVM.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Propose a mitigation on Community Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
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/MethodWriter.java#L1662
- https://gitlab.ow2.org/asm/asm/-/commit/91057c98239d994aed5e46434e34e00d593c0daf
- https://gitlab.ow2.org/asm/asm/-/merge_requests/461
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ow2-asm-3.0-before-9.11-quadratic-memory-allocation-via-exception-handlers
CWEs
CWE-407
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.