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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-1336

An improper handing of overflow in the UTF-8 decoder with supplementary characters can lead to an infinite loop in the decoder causing a Denial of Service.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 20.6%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 20.6%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

An improper handing of overflow in the UTF-8 decoder with supplementary characters can lead to an infinite loop in the decoder causing a Denial of Service. Versions Affected: Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M9 to 9.0.7, 8.5.0 to 8.5.30, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.51, and 7.0.28 to 7.0.86.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
20.60% probability · 97th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-835
Affected
apache/tomcat · redhat/jboss enterprise application platform · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux · redhat/jboss enterprise web server · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux workstation
Source
security@apache.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.