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.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2018-11797 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 5.5 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | High |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Satellite 5 | nutch | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 | pdfbox | Under investigation |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse 7 | pdfbox | Under investigation |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 | pdfbox | Under investigation |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 | pdfbox | Under investigation |
| Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6 | pdfbox | Under investigation |
| Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6 | pdfbox | Under investigation |
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