5.5

CVE-2018-1324: apache software foundation apache commons compress Infinite Loop

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-1324DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1324CGA-2jvw-gp86-w33r
Published 16-03-2018Last modified 17-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-1324 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Infinite Loop vulnerability in apache software foundation apache commons compress. EPSS estimates a 3.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.4% 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
3.66%
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. 16-03-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A specially crafted ZIP archive can be used to cause an infinite loop inside of Apache Commons Compress' extra field parser used by the ZipFile and ZipArchiveInputStream classes in versions 1.11 to 1.15. This 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

3.66%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

89%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.66% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
3.66%

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

Chainguard19 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)
Oracle2 products
Apache1 product
Apache software foundation1 product
Com.liferay1 product
  • com.liferay.portal.tools.bundle.support≥ 3.2.7, < 3.7.4
Debian1 product
  • libcommons-compress-java< 1.13-2
Io.takari1 product
  • commons-compress1.12
Org.apache.commons1 product
  • commons-compress≥ 1.11, < 1.16
Ubuntu1 product
  • libcommons-compress-javaAll versions (No fix recorded)

9 vendors · 28 products

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