CVE-2018-11793
mediumpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.050 · 92 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
When parsing a JSON payload with deeply nested JSON structures, the parser in Apache Mesos versions pre-1.4.x, 1.4.0 to 1.4.2, 1.5.0 to 1.5.1, 1.6.0 to 1.6.1, and 1.7.0 might overflow the stack due to unbounded recursion. A malicious actor can therefore cause a denial of service of Mesos masters rendering the Mesos-controlled cluster inoperable.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
weaknesses
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affected products (11)
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- Apache Software Foundation Apache Mesos≤ Apache Mesos pre-1.4.x, 1.4.0 to 1.4.2, 1.5.0 to 1.5.1, 1.6.0 to 1.6.1, 1.7.0enisa_euvdEU
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- GHSA-p2xq-vcm7-xjj6Stack Overflow in Apache Mesos2019-03-06ghsa · osvUS
When parsing a JSON payload with deeply nested JSON structures, the parser in Apache Mesos versions pre-1.4.x, 1.4.0 to 1.4.2, 1.5.0 to 1.5.1, 1.6.0 to 1.6.1, and 1.7.0 might overflow the stack due to unbounded recursion. A malicious actor can therefore cause a denial of service of Mesos masters rendering the Mesos-controlled cluster inoperable.
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sources
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references (7)
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- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107281cnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9be975c53e5ad612c7e0af39f5b88837fbfbc32108e587d3d8499844@%3Cdev.mesos.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11793cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107281enisa_euvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9be975c53e5ad612c7e0af39f5b88837fbfbc32108e587d3d8499844%40%3Cdev.mesos.apache.org%3Eenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107281Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9be975c53e5ad612c7e0af39f5b88837fbfbc32108e587d3d8499844%40%3Cdev.mesos.apache.org%3Envd
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