CVE-2018-8036

Medium

Description

In Apache PDFBox 1.8.0 to 1.8.14 and 2.0.0RC1 to 2.0.10, a carefully crafted (or fuzzed) file can trigger an infinite loop which leads to an out of memory exception in Apache PDFBox's AFMParser.

SeverityMedium

CVSS6.5

Exploit probability—

Product

Apache Pdfbox

PublishedJul 3, 2018

First seenJul 3, 2018

How to fix

Update

org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox1.8.15, 2.0.11 or later

Vendor advisories

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/POPOGHJ5CVMUVCRQU7APBAN5IVZGZFDX/
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6HKVPTJWZGUB4MH4AAOWMRJHRDBYFHGJ/

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
apache pdfbox	1.8.0 < v ≤ 1.8.14, 2.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.0.10, 2.0.0	—
org.apache.pdfbox:pdfboxMaven	1.8.0 ≤ v < 1.8.15, 2.0.0RC1 ≤ v < 2.0.11	1.8.15, 2.0.11

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