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CVE-2018-8036

Published: Jul 3, 2018Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-835
6.5MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
4.8%
Top 9.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

In Apache PDFBox 1.8.0 to 1.8.14 and 2.0.0RC1 to 2.0.10, a carefully crafted (or fuzzed) file can trigger an infinite loop which leads to an out of memory exception in Apache PDFBox's AFMParser.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-835

Affected Products

Apache Software Foundation
oss-project·USaka apache foundation
Apache PDFBoxOn-premLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
apache
oss-project·USaka apache http server, apache httpd
pdfboxLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
Maven
package-ecosystem
org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox
OSS Libraries

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
Scannable·OpenVAS
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MITRE ATT&CK

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References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669
access.redhat.com
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9f62f742fd4fcd81654a9533b8a71349b064250840592bcd502dcfb6%40%3Cusers.pdfbox.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/POPOGHJ5CVMUVCRQU7APBAN5IVZGZFDX/
lists.fedoraproject.org
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