#VU15176 Infinite loop in PDFBox - CVE-2018-11797
Published: October 8, 2018 / Updated: October 9, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15176
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11797
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
PDFBox
PDFBox
Software vendor:
Apache Foundation
Apache Foundation
Description
The vulnerability vulnerability allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on a target system.
The vulnerability exists in the Apache PDFBox parser due to improper processing of PDF files when parsing the page tree. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a PDF file that submits malicious input to the targeted system, trigger an infinite loop condition, which could lead to an out-of-memory exception and result in a DoS condition.
Remediation
The vulnerability has been fixed in the versions 1.8.16 and 2.0.12.