Vulnerability · Published Oct 14, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2026-110270OW2 ASM 3.0 before 9.11 Exponential Memory Allocation in JSRInlinerAdapter
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in ASM from OW2. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 6% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | asm | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-110270 |
| Debian:13 | asm | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-110270 |
| Debian:14 | asm | 9.11.1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-110270 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | asm | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-110270 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | asm | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-110270 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | asm | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-110270 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | asm | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-110270 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-407 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- https://gitlab.ow2.org/asm/asm/-/merge_requests/466 patch
- https://gitlab.ow2.org/asm/asm/-/commit/f2b988af48719f85a274f2a05e37bc55c0cd22a1 patch
- https://gitlab.ow2.org/asm/asm/-/blob/ASM_9_10_1/asm-commons/src/main/java/org/objectweb/asm/commons/JSRInlinerAdapter.java#L232 technical-description
- ASM 9.11 Release Notes release-notes
- VulnCheck Advisory: OW2 ASM 3.0 before 9.11 Exponential Memory Allocation in JSRInlinerAdapter third-party-advisory