What is CVE-2018-1339?

CVE-2018-1339 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Tika, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-04-25.

How severe is CVE-2018-1339?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apache Tika

CVE-2018-1339

A carefully crafted (or fuzzed) file can trigger an infinite loop in Apache Tika's ChmParser in versions of Apache Tika before 1.18.

EPSS: 0.026 (84.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Apache Tika
Apache Software Foundation Tika — versions < 1.18

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-835 — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)

References

security@apache.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
security@apache.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1339?: CVE-2018-1339 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Tika, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-04-25.
How severe is CVE-2018-1339?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.