What is CVE-2018-1000840?

CVE-2018-1000840 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Processing, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-12-20.

How severe is CVE-2018-1000840?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

XXE in Processing

CVE-2018-1000840

Processing Foundation Processing version 3.4 and earlier contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in loadXML() function that can result in An attacker can read arbitrary files and exfiltrate their contents via HTTP requests. This attack appear to be exploitable via The victim must use Processing to parse a crafted XML document.

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

EPSS: 0.022 (80.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Processing
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-611 — Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1000840?: CVE-2018-1000840 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Processing, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-12-20.
How severe is CVE-2018-1000840?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.