5.5

CVE-2018-11771: apache software foundation apache commons compress Infinite Loop

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-11771DEBIAN-CVE-2018-11771CGA-2633-v3gq-9hx7
Published 16-08-2018Last modified 16-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-11771 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Infinite Loop vulnerability in apache software foundation apache commons compress. EPSS estimates a 5.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
23/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
5.25%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
MGASA-2019-0001

Timeline

  1. 16-08-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

When reading a specially crafted ZIP archive, the read method of Apache Commons Compress 1.7 to 1.17's ZipArchiveInputStream can fail to return the correct EOF indication after the end of the stream has been reached. When combined with a java.io.InputStreamReader this can lead to an infinite stream, which can be used to mount a denial of service attack against services that use Compress' zip package.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 5 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

5.25%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

92%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 5.25% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
5.25%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Chainguard20 products
  • eco-java-gradle-4.10All versions (No fix recorded)
  • eco-java-gradle-4.10.1All versions (No fix recorded)
  • eco-java-gradle-4.10.2All versions (No fix recorded)
  • eco-java-gradle-4.10.3All versions (No fix recorded)
  • eco-java-gradle-4.2All versions (No fix recorded)
Apache1 product
Apache software foundation1 product
Debian1 product
  • libcommons-compress-java< 1.18-1
Oracle1 product
Org.apache.commons1 product
  • commons-compress≥ 1.7, < 1.18
Ubuntu1 product
  • libcommons-compress-javaAll versions (No fix recorded)

7 vendors · 26 products

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