CVE-2018-8036
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
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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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-8036
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-8036.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:1.8.15-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:1.8.15-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:1.8.15-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:1.8.15-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:1.8.15-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox | >=1.8.0,<1.8.15 | 1.8.15 |
| Maven | org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox | >=2.0.0RC1,<2.0.11 | 2.0.11 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-8036.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8036
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9f62f742fd4fcd81654a9533b8a71349b064250840592bcd502dcfb6@%3Cusers.pdfbox.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r43491b25b2e5c368c34b106a82eff910a5cea3e90de82ad75cc16540@%3Cdev.syncope.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6HKVPTJWZGUB4MH4AAOWMRJHRDBYFHGJ
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/POPOGHJ5CVMUVCRQU7APBAN5IVZGZFDX
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-8036
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.