CVE-2021-37714
Published: 18 August 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-37714 is a high-severity Uncaught Exception (CWE-248) vulnerability in Oracle Business Process Management Suite. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 11.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-1791
Vulnerability details
jsoup is a Java library for working with HTML. Those using jsoup versions prior to 1.14.2 to parse untrusted HTML or XML may be vulnerable to DOS attacks. If the parser is run on user supplied input, an attacker may…
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supply content that causes the parser to get stuck (loop indefinitely until cancelled), to complete more slowly than usual, or to throw an unexpected exception. This effect may support a denial of service attack. The issue is patched in version 1.14.2. There are a few available workarounds. Users may rate limit input parsing, limit the size of inputs based on system resources, and/or implement thread watchdogs to cap and timeout parse runtimes.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Enables transfer to alternate site if an infinite loop at the primary renders processing unavailable.
Prevents abrupt termination from uncaught exceptions by requiring a defined, preserved-state failure mode.
Detects and mitigates infinite loops that produce sustained resource consumption.
Requires pre-defined safe responses for uncaught exceptions so they do not result in undefined or insecure program termination.