Vulnerability in Apache Commons Compress
CVE-2019-12402
The file name encoding algorithm used internally in Apache Commons Compress 1.15 to 1.18 can get into an infinite loop when faced with specially crafted inputs. This can lead to a denial of service attack if an attacker can choose the file names inside of an archive created by Compress.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.162 (96.9th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.162 · newest: 0.162 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apache Commons Compress
- Apache Software Foundation Commons Compress — versions 1.15 to 1.18
- Oracle Banking Payments
- Oracle Banking Platform — versions 2.6.2, 2.7.0, 2.8.0
- Oracle Communications Element Manager
- Oracle Communications Ip Service Activator — versions 7.3.0, 7.4.0
- Oracle Communications Session Report Manager
- Oracle Communications Session Route Manager
- Oracle Customer Management And Segmentation Foundation — versions 18.0
- Oracle Essbase — versions 21.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/54cc4e9fa6b24520135f6fa4724dfb3465bc14703c7dc7e523… (mailing-list)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/9317fd092b257a0815434b116a8af8daea6e920b6673f4fd55… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5caf4fcb69d2749225391e61db7216282955204849ba94f83… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rcc35ab6be300365de5ff9587e0479d10d7d7c79070921837e… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/re13bd219dd4b651134f6357f12bd07a0344eea7518c577bbd… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5103b1c9242c0f812ac96e524344144402cbff9b6e078d155… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r590c15cebee9b8e757e2f738127a9a71e48ede647a3044c50… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r05cf37c1e1e662e968cfece1102fcd50fe207181fdbf2c30a… (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-12402?
- CVE-2019-12402 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Commons Compress, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-08-30.
- How severe is CVE-2019-12402?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-12402 known to be exploited?
- 8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.