CVE-2018-8017 (GCVE-0-2018-8017)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-09-19 14:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 02:27
VLAI
Summary
In Apache Tika 1.2 to 1.18, a carefully crafted file can trigger an infinite loop in the IptcAnpaParser.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • DoS Vulnerability -- Potential Infinite Loop in IptcAnpaParser
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/72df7a3f0dda… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105513 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apache Software Foundation Apache Tika Affected: 1.2 to 1.18
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Date Public
2018-09-19 00:00
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