CVE-2018-11797
libpdfbox-java - security update
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.6%
Description
In Apache PDFBox 1.8.0 to 1.8.15 and 2.0.0RC1 to 2.0.11, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an extremely long running computation when parsing the page tree.
How to fix CVE-2018-11797
To remediate CVE-2018-11797, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/libpdfbox2-java—upgrade to 2.0.12-1 or later
- Debian/libpdfbox-java—upgrade to 1:1.8.16-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1:1.8.7+dfsg-1+deb8u2 or later
- —upgrade to 1.8.16 or later
Is CVE-2018-11797 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 2.0.12-1
- from 0, < 1:1.8.16-1
- from 0, < 1:1.8.7+dfsg-1+deb8u2
- >= 1.8.0, < 1.8.16
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |