org.apache.tika:tika-parsers has an Infinite Loop vulnerability · CVE-2018-1339 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub

org.apache.tika:tika-parsers has an Infinite Loop vulnerability

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 17, 2018 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 28, 2023

Package

org.apache.tika:tika-parsers (Maven)

Affected versions

< 1.18

Patched versions

1.18

Description

Versions of the package org.apache.tika:tika-parsers before version 1.18 are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) via a carefully crafted (or fuzzed) file that can trigger an infinite loop via the ChmParser.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 17, 2018

Reviewed Jun 16, 2020

Last updated Feb 28, 2023

Severity

Moderate

5.5

/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector

Local

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

None

User interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

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