VDB
CVE-2018-1000840
CVE-2018-1000840
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM
Processing Foundation Processing version 3.4 and earlier contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in loadXML() function that can result in An attacker can read arbitrary files and exfiltrate their contents via HTTP requests. This attack appear to be exploitable via The victim must use Processing to parse a crafted XML document.
EPSS 2.18% · 81.1th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
2.18%
81.1th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | processing-core | 0, 1.2.1-2 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | processing-core | 1.2.1-3, 0 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | processing-core | 0, 1.2.1-1, 1.2.1-2 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | processing-core | 0, 1.2.1-1 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | processing-core | 0, 1.2.1-2 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | processing-core | 0, 1.2.1-2 |
Timeline
- Dec 20, 2018 CVE Published
- Feb 7, 2019 CVE Updated
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 28, 2021 EPSS Score
- Mar 1, 2022 EPSS Score
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- Jul 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 8, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 9, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000840 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/5706 third-party-advisory
- https://twitter.com/ben_fry/status/1054333613465059329 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1000840 third-party-advisory