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.
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.035 (89.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 89.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.035 · newest: 0.035 · change: -0.000
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
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/645574bc50b886d39c20b4065d51ccb1cd5d3a6b4750a22edb… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/a9760973a873522f4d4c0a99916ceb74f361d91006b663a0a4… (mailing-list)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00008.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r54594251369e14c185da9662a5340a52afbbdf75d61c9c3a6… (mailing-list)
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.