CVE-2018-8036
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition in Apache PDFBox
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| โ | Affected | โ |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1:1.8.15-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1:1.8.15-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1:1.8.15-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1:1.8.15-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1:1.8.15-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox | >=1.8.0,<1.8.15 | 1.8.15 |
| Maven | org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox | >=2.0.0RC1,<2.0.11 | 2.0.11 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-8036.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8036
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9f62f742fd4fcd81654a9533b8a71349b064250840592bcd502dcfb6@%3Cusers.pdfbox.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r43491b25b2e5c368c34b106a82eff910a5cea3e90de82ad75cc16540@%3Cdev.syncope.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6HKVPTJWZGUB4MH4AAOWMRJHRDBYFHGJ
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/POPOGHJ5CVMUVCRQU7APBAN5IVZGZFDX
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-8036
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.