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CVE-2018-11797: Improper Input Validation

October 5, 2018 (updated September 10, 2019)

In Apache PDFBox, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an extremely long-running computation when parsing the page tree.

References

  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11797

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 1.8.0 up to 1.8.15, all versions starting from 2.0 up to 2.0.11

Fixed versions

  • 1.8.16
  • 2.0.12

Solution

Upgrade to versions 1.8.16, 2.0.12 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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Source file

maven/org.apache.pdfbox/pdfbox/CVE-2018-11797.yml

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