vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2018-8036): libpdfbox-java vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jul 3, 2018 | Nov 19, 2024 | Apr 16, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jul 3, 2018
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Apr 16, 2026
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.
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-libpdfbox-javaubuntu-upgrade-libpdfbox2-java
References
- CVE-2018-8036
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-8036
- CWE-835
- EUVD-EUVD-2022-4264
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/06/29/2
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-4264
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9f62f742fd4fcd81654a9533b8a71349b064250840592bcd502dcfb6@%3Cusers.pdfbox.apache.org%3E
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-8036
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