PT-2018-18397 · Apache+1 · Apache Pdfbox+1

Published 2018-07-03 · Updated 2022-05-13 · CVE-2018-8036

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Apache PDFBox versions 1.8.0 through 1.8.14 Apache PDFBox versions 2.0.0RC1 through 2.0.10

Description: A carefully crafted file can trigger an infinite loop, leading to an out of memory exception in Apache PDFBox's AFMParser.

Recommendations: For Apache PDFBox versions 1.8.0 through 1.8.14, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. For Apache PDFBox versions 2.0.0RC1 through 2.0.10, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the AFMParser to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Infinite Loop

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-835

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-8036

GHSA-J2XQ-PFFF-MVGG

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_2645-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_3384-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10622-1

SUSE-SU-2018:2630-1

SUSE-SU-2018:3318-1

SUSE-SU-2018_2630-1

Affected Products

Apache Pdfbox

Suse

References · 27

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8036 · Security Note
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-8036 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:2630-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-8036 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/POPOGHJ5CVMUVCRQU7APBAN5IVZGZFDX · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-j2xq-pfff-mvgg · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/POPOGHJ5CVMUVCRQU7APBAN5IVZGZFDX · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:3318-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-8036 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8036 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6HKVPTJWZGUB4MH4AAOWMRJHRDBYFHGJ · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/6HKVPTJWZGUB4MH4AAOWMRJHRDBYFHGJ · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-8036 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-8036 · Security Note