CVE-2018-1338

low-risk

Published 2018-04-25

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

Do I need to act?

3.0% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — moderate exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 5.5/10 Medium

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Tika

Apache

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669

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low-risk

Severity 18/34 · Moderate

Exploitability 6/34 · Minimal

Exposure 5/34 · Minimal