VDB
CVE-2018-11761
CVE-2018-11761
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
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.
EPSS 8.01% · 94.4th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
8.01%
94.4th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | tika | 1.5-4, 0, 1.5-2 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | tika | 0, 1.22-2 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | tika | 0, 1.5-5 |
Timeline
- Sep 19, 2018 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 14, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 17, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-11761 third-party-advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/09/19/4 third-party-advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5553e10bba5604117967466618f219c0cae710075819c70cfb3fb421@%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-11761 third-party-advisory