UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11797

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-11797
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11797.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11797
Upstream
Published
2018-10-05T20:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:47:03Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libpdfbox-java

Package

Name
libpdfbox-java
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libpdfbox-java@1:1.8.11+dfsg-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1:1.*

1:1.8.7+dfsg-1
1:1.8.10-1
1:1.8.10-2
1:1.8.11+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.8.11+dfsg-1",
            "binary_name": "libfontbox-java"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.8.11+dfsg-1",
            "binary_name": "libjempbox-java"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.8.11+dfsg-1",
            "binary_name": "libpdfbox-java"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / libpdfbox-java

Package

Name
libpdfbox-java
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libpdfbox-java@1:1.8.16-2~18.04?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.8.16-2~18.04

Affected versions

1:1.*

1:1.8.13-1
1:1.8.13-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.8.16-2~18.04",
            "binary_name": "libfontbox-java"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.8.16-2~18.04",
            "binary_name": "libjempbox-java"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.8.16-2~18.04",
            "binary_name": "libpdfbox-java"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / libpdfbox2-java

Package

Name
libpdfbox2-java
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libpdfbox2-java@2.0.13-2~18.04?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0.13-2~18.04

Affected versions

2.*

2.0.7-1
2.0.8-1
2.0.8-2
2.0.9-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.13-2~18.04",
            "binary_name": "libfontbox2-java"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.13-2~18.04",
            "binary_name": "libpdfbox2-java"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}