5.5

CVE-2018-11797: apache software foundation apache pdfbox

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesSUSE-SU-2018:3755-1UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11797DEBIAN-CVE-2018-11797
Published 05-10-2018Last modified 16-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-11797 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in apache software foundation apache pdfbox. EPSS estimates a 3.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% 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
3.50%
0%100%
Low · -0.02 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 · Related 1
SUSE-SU-2018:3318-1

Timeline

  1. 05-10-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In Apache PDFBox 1.8.0 to 1.8.15 and 2.0.0RC1 to 2.0.11, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an extremely long running computation when parsing the page tree.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.50%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

89%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.02 pp

From 3.52% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
3.50%

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

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian2 products
  • libpdfbox-java< 1:1.8.16-1 | < 1:1.8.7+dfsg-1+deb8u2
  • libpdfbox2-java< 2.0.12-1
Ubuntu2 products
  • libpdfbox-javaAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 1:1.8.16-2~18.04
  • libpdfbox2-java< 2.0.13-2~18.04
Apache1 product
  • pdfbox≥ 1.8.0, ≤ 1.8.15 | ≥ 2.0.1, ≤ 2.0.11 | 2.0:rc1 | 2.0:rc2 | 2.0:rc3 | 2.0.0
Apache software foundation1 product
Fedoraproject1 product
Oracle1 product
Org.apache.pdfbox1 product
  • pdfbox≥ 1.8.0, < 1.8.16 | ≥ 2.0.0, < 2.0.12
Suse1 product
  • apache-pdfbox&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15< 1.8.12-5.6.3

8 vendors · 10 products

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