CVE-2018-1324

MEDIUMCVSS 5.5/10EPSS 3.68%

Last modified

CVE-2018-1324 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.5/10 on the CVSS scale. A specially crafted ZIP archive can be used to cause an infinite loop inside of Apache Commons Compress' extra field parser used by the ZipFile and ZipArchiveInputStream classes in versions 1.11 to 1.15. This can be used to mount a denial of service attack against services that use Compress' zip package.. EPSS estimates a 3.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

A specially crafted ZIP archive can be used to cause an infinite loop inside of Apache Commons Compress' extra field parser used by the ZipFile and ZipArchiveInputStream classes in versions 1.11 to 1.15. This can be used to mount a denial of service attack against services that use Compress' zip package.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1
5.5/10

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Probability
3.68%

88.3th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

Affected Software

VendorProductVersions
ApacheCommons Compress>= 1.11, <= 1.15
OracleMysql Cluster<= 7.4.34
OracleMysql Cluster>= 7.5.0, <= 7.5.24
OracleMysql Cluster>= 7.6.0, <= 7.6.20
OracleMysql Cluster>= 8.0.0, <= 8.0.27
OracleWeblogic Server14.1.1.0.0

References

Timeline

Published
Last Modified
Status
Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2018-1324?
A specially crafted ZIP archive can be used to cause an infinite loop inside of Apache Commons Compress' extra field parser used by the ZipFile and ZipArchiveInputStream classes in versions 1.11 to 1.15. This can be used to mount a denial of service attack against services that use Compress' zip package.
How severe is CVE-2018-1324?
CVE-2018-1324 has a CVSS score of 5.5/10 (MEDIUM severity). The EPSS model estimates a 3.68% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How do I fix CVE-2018-1324?
Check the vendor references and advisories linked above for patched versions and mitigation guidance. You can also run a Strix scan to test if your systems are affected.

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Source: NVD / NIST