Uncontrolled recursion in lottie-android allows denial of service
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-674.
Summary
lottie-android 6.7.1 and earlier, and the master branch, are affected. A crafted Lottie animation JSON containing a cyclic precomposition reference graph causes uncontrolled recursion (CWE-674) in BaseLayer.forModel. A remote attacker with no privileges and no user interaction can cause a denial of service.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
An issue in lottie-android 6.7.1 and earlier (and master) allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted Lottie animation JSON containing a cyclic precomposition reference graph that triggers uncontrolled recursion in BaseLayer.forModel and CompositionLayer.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for lottie-android.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Timeline
- 2026-10-16 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-95179
References
Sources
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