Vulnerability in Apache Pdfbox
CVE-2018-11797
In Apache PDFBox 1.8.0 to 1.8.15 and 2.0.0RC1 to 2.0.11, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an extremely long running computation when parsing the page tree.
EPSS: 0.040 (89.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Apache Pdfbox — versions 2.0, 2.0.0
- Apache Software Foundation Pdfbox — versions 2.0.0RC1 to 2.0.11, 1.8.0 to 1.8.15
- Oracle Retail_xstore_point_of_service — versions 17.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 29, 30
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@apache.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- security@apache.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- security@apache.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security@apache.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA)
- security@apache.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA)
- security@apache.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- security@apache.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-11797?
- CVE-2018-11797 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Pdfbox. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-10-05.
- How severe is CVE-2018-11797?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-11797 known to be exploited?
- 7 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.