CVE-2022-21634 Denial of service in GraalVM Enterprise Edition

High 7.5 Published 18 Oct 2022 Updated 24 Sep 2024

An unauthenticated attacker can cause a complete denial of service in Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition via network access.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2022-21634?

CVE-2022-21634 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Graalvm, published on 18 Oct 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: LLVM Interpreter). Supported versions that are affected are Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.7, 21.3.3 and 22.2.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-21634?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Graalvm.

How do I fix CVE-2022-21634?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-21634 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2022-21634 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-21634 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-f58r-p74p-9hp5.