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CVE-2018-11797 Apache PDFBox

Affected softwareApache PDFBox
Severity5.5 Medium CVSS 3.1 2 scores
Fixed in1.8.16, 2.0.12
WeaknessUncontrolled resource consumption (CWE-400)
Published5 Oct 2018
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

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.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 8 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 3.5% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

No exploit published

Within Waratek scope. In the sources we check, nobody has published exploit code for this CVE or reported it being exploited.

A public code fix exists.

  • Protection none
  • Action unverified
  • Review automated Upstream data
  • Record active
Decided by Exploit code for this candidate, published in a reviewed catalogue or a GitHub repository with 5 or more stars, or in use per CISA or VulnCheck; not only a CISA verdict, a forecast, or nothing at all
Finding This CVE is not listed in CISA KEV or VulnCheck KEV, CISA Vulnrichment records no active exploitation, no reviewed exploit catalogue carries an entry for it, and no GitHub PoC repository for it has 5 or more stars. Nobody has published exploit code worth tracing, so it is not a candidate for a rule ahead of the ones where somebody has; an upstream fix path does exist, so the remediation half of the candidacy still holds. This is a statement about what has been published, not about whether the defect is reachable or serious.

CVSS

5.5 MEDIUM v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.1 5.5 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H NVD Primary published
CVSS 2.0 4.3 none AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

AdvisoryTypeQuarterProducts Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2020 ↗ CPU 2020-Q2 Oracle Retail Applications / Dataloader (Apache pdfbox) (17.0)

Oracle components and versions

FamilyComponentVersions, as Oracle lists themRead as
Oracle Retail Applications Dataloader (Apache pdfbox) 17.0 17.0

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox 1.8.0 1.8.16 unbounded
org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox 2.0.0 2.0.12 unbounded

Products and versions

4 products, 11 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd apache pdfbox generic ≥ 1.8.0 and ≤ 1.8.15 · 2.0:rc1 · 2.0:rc2 · 2.0:rc3 · 2.0.0 · ≥ 2.0.1 and ≤ 2.0.11
nvd fedoraproject fedora generic 29 · 30
nvd oracle retail xstore point of service generic 17.0
osv org.apache.pdfbox pdfbox generic ≥ 1.8.0 and < 1.8.16 · ≥ 2.0.0 and < 2.0.12

References

URLTags
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gx96-vgf7-hwfg ADVISORY
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/645574bc50b886d39c20b4065d51ccb1cd5d3a6b4750a22edbb565eb@%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a9760973a873522f4d4c0a99916ceb74f361d91006b663a0a418d34a@%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r54594251369e14c185da9662a5340a52afbbdf75d61c9c3a69c8f2e8@%3Cdev.pdfbox.apache.org%3E WEB
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00008.html WEB
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6HKVPTJWZGUB4MH4AAOWMRJHRDBYFHGJ WEB
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/POPOGHJ5CVMUVCRQU7APBAN5IVZGZFDX WEB
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/645574bc50b886d39c20b4065d51ccb1cd5d3a6b4750a22edbb565eb%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a9760973a873522f4d4c0a99916ceb74f361d91006b663a0a418d34a%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E

Timeline

Published2018-10-05By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.