CVE-2018-11761

In Apache Tika 0.1 to 1.18, the XML parsers were not configured to limit entity expansion. They were therefore vulnerable to an entity expansion vulnerability which can lead to a denial of service attack.

Affected

Apache Software Foundation · Apache Tika

CVSS v3.0 NVD

7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 NVD

5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS

9.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 95th percentile

Published

2018-09-19

Updated

2024-09-16

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• brianwrf/CVE-2018-117619★ · 2019-01-23

Security advisories

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105514
• https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
• advisories/GHSA-6jq2-789q-fff2

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2016-4010
• CVE-2017-12611
• CVE-2017-7494
• CVE-2017-8917
• CVE-2018-11776
• CVE-2018-11788