CVE-2019-12402
Denial of Service in Apache Commons Compress
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.42%
Description
The file name encoding algorithm used internally in Apache Commons Compress 1.15 to 1.18 can get into an infinite loop when faced with specially crafted inputs. This can lead to a denial of service attack if an attacker can choose the file names inside of an archive created by Compress.
How to fix CVE-2019-12402
To remediate CVE-2019-12402, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.18-3 or later
- —no fix listed
- —upgrade to 1.19 or later
Is CVE-2019-12402 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1.18-3
- >= 1.15, < 1.19
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |