PT-2022-6856 · Oracle+9 · Java Se+11

Fabian Meumertzheim · Published 2022-01-18 · Updated 2026-05-08 · CVE-2022-21366

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Oracle Java SE versions 11.0.13, 17.0.1 Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition versions 20.3.4, 21.3.0

Description The vulnerability in the ImageIO component of Oracle Java SE and Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition is related to unlimited resource allocation. Exploitation of this vulnerability can allow a remote attacker to cause a partial denial of service. This issue affects Java deployments that load and run untrusted code, relying on the Java sandbox for security. The vulnerability can be exploited through APIs in the specified component, for example, via a web service that supplies data to the APIs.

Recommendations For Oracle Java SE versions 11.0.13, 17.0.1: Update to a version that includes the fix for this vulnerability. For Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition versions 20.3.4, 21.3.0: Update to a version that includes the fix for this vulnerability. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the ImageIO component until a patch is available. Avoid using APIs in the specified component that may supply data to untrusted sources.

Fix

Allocation of Resources Without Limits

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-770

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2022:0161

ALSA-2022:0185

ALT-PU-2022-7652

ALT-PU-2022-7654

BDU:2023-05167

BIT-JAVA-2022-21366

BIT-JAVA-MIN-2022-21366

BIT-JRE-2022-21366

CESA-2022_0161

CESA-2022_0185

CESA-2022_0204

CVE-2022-21366

DSA-5057-1

DSA-5058-1

OESA-2022-1696

OESA-2022-1702

OPENSUSE-SU-2022:0816-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2022:0870-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2022:1027-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2022_0816-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2022_0870-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2022_1027-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11798-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11799-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11800-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11810-1

RHSA-2022:0161

RHSA-2022:0185

RHSA-2022:0204

RHSA-2022:0209

RHSA-2022:0211

RHSA-2022:0233

RHSA-2022_0161

RHSA-2022_0185

RHSA-2022_0204

RLSA-2022:0161

RLSA-2022:0185

ROSA-SA-2023-2135

SUSE-SU-2022:0730-1

SUSE-SU-2022:0816-1

SUSE-SU-2022:1025-1

SUSE-SU-2022:1026-1

SUSE-SU-2022:1027-1

SUSE-SU-2022:14926-1

SUSE-SU-2022:14927-1

SUSE-SU-2022_14927-1

USN-5313-1

USN-5313-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Almalinux

Astra Linux

Centos

Graalvm Enterprise Edition

Java Platform

Java Se

Linuxmint

Red Hat

Rocky Linux

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 184

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-5057-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2022:0161 · Vendor Advisory
• https://safe-surf.ru/specialists/base-vulnerabilities/675157 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21277 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-21283 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2022-0204.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21366 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-35550 · Security Note
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-05 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21341 · Security Note
• https://oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21293 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-21366 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2022:14926-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-35603 · Security Note