pdfbox: unbounded computation in parser resulting in a denial of service
Published Oct 5, 2018
5.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 3.52%
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.
Affected products
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- Version 1.8.0 to 1.8.15StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 2.0.0RC1 to 2.0.11StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache PDFBox | n/a |
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Configuration 1
Configuration 2
- 29
- 30
Configuration 3
- 17.0
No data.
Red Hat Fuse 7.7.0
pdfbox
Fixed · RHSA-2020:3192
Red Hat BPM Suite 6
pdfbox
Out of support scope
Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6
pdfbox
Out of support scope
Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6
pdfbox
Out of support scope
Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6
pdfbox
Out of support scope
Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6
pdfbox
Out of support scope
Red Hat Satellite 5
nutch
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Fuse 7.7.0 | pdfbox | Fixed | RHSA-2020:3192 |
| Red Hat BPM Suite 6 | pdfbox | Out of support scope | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6 | pdfbox | Out of support scope | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 | pdfbox | Out of support scope | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 | pdfbox | Out of support scope | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 | pdfbox | Out of support scope | n/a |
| Red Hat Satellite 5 | nutch | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.52% (0.03521) | 88.84th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.02% (0.04024) | 89.22th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Nov 21, 2025 | 1.24% (0.01245) | 78.68th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 18, 2025 | 6.79% (0.06786) | 90.40th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.10% (0.01101) | 76.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.13% (0.00125) | 48.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.13% (0.00125) | 46.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 11, 2023 | 0.11% (0.00110) | 43.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.11% (0.00106) | 41.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.74% (0.01742) | 76.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.74% (0.01742) | 53.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 4.83% (0.04831) | 78.17th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 4.25% (0.04249) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (17)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11797 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1637492 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gx96-vgf7-hwfg Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/645574bc50b886d39c20b4065d51ccb1cd5d3a6b4750a22edbb565eb%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/645574bc50b886d39c20b4065d51ccb1cd5d3a6b4750a22edbb565eb@%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a9760973a873522f4d4c0a99916ceb74f361d91006b663a0a418d34a%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a9760973a873522f4d4c0a99916ceb74f361d91006b663a0a418d34a@%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r54594251369e14c185da9662a5340a52afbbdf75d61c9c3a69c8f2e8%40%3Cdev.pdfbox.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r54594251369e14c185da9662a5340a52afbbdf75d61c9c3a69c8f2e8@%3Cdev.pdfbox.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00008.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6HKVPTJWZGUB4MH4AAOWMRJHRDBYFHGJ/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/POPOGHJ5CVMUVCRQU7APBAN5IVZGZFDX/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6HKVPTJWZGUB4MH4AAOWMRJHRDBYFHGJ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/POPOGHJ5CVMUVCRQU7APBAN5IVZGZFDX/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11797
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-11797
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
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