Security Bulletin
Summary
Publicly disclosed vulnerability in Apache PDFBox.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2018-8036
Description: Apache PDFBox is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out of memory exception in AFMParser. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to enter into an infinite loop.
CVSS Base Score: 5.50
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/145592 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score: *Undefined
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products and Versions
IBM QRadar Incident Forensics 7.2.0 to 7.2.8 Patch 13
IBM QRadar Incident Forensics 7.3.0 to 7.3.1 Patch 6
Remediation/Fixes
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
30 November 2018: First Publish
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
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Document Information
Modified date:
03 December 2018
UID
ibm10742717