CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-8017

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Published: Sep 19, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
2.5 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Ubuntu
LOW

In Apache Tika 1.2 to 1.18, a carefully crafted file can trigger an infinite loop in the IptcAnpaParser.

Weakness

The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Tika Apache 1.2 (including) 1.18 (including)
Tika Ubuntu bionic *
Tika Ubuntu cosmic *
Tika Ubuntu eoan *
Tika Ubuntu groovy *
Tika Ubuntu hirsute *
Tika Ubuntu impish *
Tika Ubuntu kinetic *
Tika Ubuntu lunar *
Tika Ubuntu mantic *
Tika Ubuntu xenial *

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