Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition in Apache PDFBox
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.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2018-8036US | medium6.5 | — | ||
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 PDFBo… | ||||
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External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669WEB
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9f62f742fd4fcd81654a9533b8a71349b064250840592bcd502dcfb6@%3Cusers.pdfbox.apache.org%3EWEB
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r43491b25b2e5c368c34b106a82eff910a5cea3e90de82ad75cc16540@%3Cdev.syncope.apache.org%3EWEB
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6HKVPTJWZGUB4MH4AAOWMRJHRDBYFHGJWEB
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/POPOGHJ5CVMUVCRQU7APBAN5IVZGZFDXWEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8036ADVISORY
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.htmlWEB
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