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CVE-2018-1339: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

October 17, 2018 (updated September 15, 2021)

A carefully crafted (or fuzzed) file can trigger an infinite loop in Apache Tika’s ChmParser in versions of Apache Tika before 1.18.

References

  • access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-p699-3wgc-7h72
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/4d2cb5c819401bb075e2a1130e0d14f0404a136541a6f91da0225828@%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1339

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.18

Fixed versions

  • 1.18

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.18 or above.

Impact 5.5 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Source file

maven/org.apache.tika/tika-core/CVE-2018-1339.yml

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