What is CVE-2023-42503?

CVE-2023-42503 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Commons_compress, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-09-14.

How severe is CVE-2023-42503?

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

Resource exhaustion in Apache Commons_compress

CVE-2023-42503

Improper Input Validation, Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Apache Commons Compress in TAR parsing.This issue affects Apache Commons Compress: from 1.22 before 1.24.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.24.0…

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.005 (38.1th 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 Commons_compress
Apache Software Foundation Commons Compress — versions 1.22

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

security@apache.org (URL Repurposed, vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Issue Tracking)
security@apache.org (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-42503?: CVE-2023-42503 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Commons_compress, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-09-14.
How severe is CVE-2023-42503?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.