UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000840

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000840
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000840.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000840
Upstream
  • CVE-2018-1000840
Published
2018-12-20T15:29:00Z
Modified
2026-05-20T16:03:17.514203953Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Processing Foundation Processing version 3.4 and earlier contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in loadXML() function that can result in An attacker can read arbitrary files and exfiltrate their contents via HTTP requests. This attack appear to be exploitable via The victim must use Processing to parse a crafted XML document.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
processing-core

Package

Name
processing-core
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/processing-core?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.2.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.2.1-1",
            "binary_name": "libprocessing-core-java"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000840.json"
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
processing-core

Package

Name
processing-core
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/processing-core?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.2.1-1
1.2.1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.2.1-2",
            "binary_name": "libprocessing-core-java"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000840.json"
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
processing-core

Package

Name
processing-core
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/processing-core?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.2.1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.2.1-2",
            "binary_name": "libprocessing-core-java"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000840.json"
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
processing-core

Package

Name
processing-core
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/processing-core?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.2.1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.2.1-2",
            "binary_name": "libprocessing-core-java"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000840.json"
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
processing-core

Package

Name
processing-core
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/processing-core?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.2.1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.2.1-2",
            "binary_name": "libprocessing-core-java"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000840.json"
Ubuntu:25.10
processing-core

Package

Name
processing-core
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/processing-core?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.2.1-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.2.1-3",
            "binary_name": "libprocessing-core-java"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000840.json"
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
processing-core

Package

Name
processing-core
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/processing-core?arch=source&distro=resolute

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.2.1-3
1.2.1-3build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.2.1-3build1",
            "binary_name": "libprocessing-core-java"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000840.json"