ubuntu-cve-2018-1339
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-04-25 21:29
Modified
2026-05-20 14:50
Summary
Details

A carefully crafted (or fuzzed) file can trigger an infinite loop in Apache Tika's ChmParser in versions of Apache Tika before 1.18.

Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
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          {
            "binary_name": "libtika-java",
            "binary_version": "1.5-4ubuntu0.1"
          }
        ]
      },
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      },
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            }
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        }
      ],
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        "name": "tika",
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      },
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    },
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          }
        ]
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      },
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    },
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    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "A carefully crafted (or fuzzed) file can trigger an infinite loop in Apache Tika\u0027s ChmParser in versions of Apache Tika before 1.18.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1339",
  "modified": "2026-05-20T14:50:25Z",
  "published": "2018-04-25T21:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1339"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/04/25/7"
    },
    {
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      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/4d2cb5c819401bb075e2a1130e0d14f0404a136541a6f91da0225828@%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1339"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2018-1339"
  ]
}



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