| Name | CVE-2018-8036 |
| Description | In Apache PDFBox 1.8.0 to 1.8.14 and 2.0.0RC1 to 2.0.10, a carefully crafted (or fuzzed) file can trigger an infinite loop which leads to an out of memory exception in Apache PDFBox's AFMParser. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| NVD severity | medium (attack range: remote) |
| Debian Bugs | 902776 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| libpdfbox-java (PTS) | jessie | 1:1.8.7+dfsg-1+deb8u1 | vulnerable |
| jessie (security) | 1:1.8.7+dfsg-1+deb8u2 | vulnerable | |
| stretch | 1:1.8.12-1 | vulnerable | |
| buster, sid | 1:1.8.16-2 | fixed | |
| libpdfbox2-java (PTS) | buster, sid | 2.0.13-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| libpdfbox-java | source | (unstable) | 1:1.8.15-1 | low | 902776 | |
| libpdfbox2-java | source | (unstable) | 2.0.11-1 | low |
[stretch] - libpdfbox-java <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - libpdfbox-java <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/06/29/2