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CVE-2021-35515

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

  • Published2021-07-13
  • WeaknessCWE-834 · CWE-835

Am I affected?

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Description

When reading a specially crafted 7Z archive, the construction of the list of codecs that decompress an entry can result in an infinite loop. This could be used to mount a denial of service attack against services that use Compress' sevenz package.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2021-07-1308:15CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2026-10-2319:23EPSS crossed 10 %FIRST EPSS

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC
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Versions per branch

NVD
Oracle insurance policy administration
BranchAffectedFixed in
11.0= 11.0.2no fix published
11.1= 11.1.0no fix published
11.2= 11.2.8no fix published
11.3= 11.3.0no fix published
11.3= 11.3.1no fix published
Oracle banking digital experience
BranchAffectedFixed in
18.x≥ 18.1, ≤ 18.3no fix published
19.1= 19.1no fix published
20.1= 20.1no fix published
21.1= 21.1no fix published
Oracle primavera unifier
BranchAffectedFixed in
17.x≥ 17.7, ≤ 17.12no fix published
18.8= 18.8no fix published
19.12= 19.12no fix published
20.12= 20.12no fix published

24 more products in the sources.

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

  • NVDCVSS 3.17.5read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 2.05read 2026-10-23
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-834read 2026-10-23
  • NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-835read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score11.6 %read 2026-10-23
  • OSVaffected packages—

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
2021-07-13
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-35515?

When reading a specially crafted 7Z archive, the construction of the list of codecs that decompress an entry can result in an infinite loop. This could be used to mount a denial of service attack against services that use Compress' sevenz package.

Is CVE-2021-35515 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2021-35515 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 11.6% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2021-35515?

CVE-2021-35515 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

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