VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-12402
This can lead to a denial of service attack if an attacker can choose the file names inside of an archive created by Compress.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 16.2%
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 16.2%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The file name encoding algorithm used internally in Apache Commons Compress 1.15 to 1.18 can get into an infinite loop when faced with specially crafted inputs. This can lead to a denial of service attack if an attacker can choose the file names inside of an archive created by Compress.
- 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
- 16.16% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-835
- Affected
- apache/commons compress · fedoraproject/fedora · oracle/banking payments · oracle/banking platform · oracle/communications element manager · oracle/communications ip service activator · oracle/communications session report manager · oracle/communications session route manager · oracle/customer management and segmentation foundation · oracle/essbase · oracle/flexcube investor servicing · oracle/flexcube private banking · oracle/hyperion infrastructure technology · oracle/jdeveloper · oracle/peoplesoft enterprise pt peopletools · oracle/primavera gateway · oracle/retail integration bus · oracle/retail xstore point of service · oracle/webcenter portal
- Source
- security@apache.org
EPSS 16.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/308cc15f1f1dc53e97046fddbac240e6cd16de89a2746cf257be7f5b%40%3Cdev.commons.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/54cc4e9fa6b24520135f6fa4724dfb3465bc14703c7dc7e52353a0ea%40%3Ccommits.creadur.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9317fd092b257a0815434b116a8af8daea6e920b6673f4fd5583d5fe%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r05cf37c1e1e662e968cfece1102fcd50fe207181fdbf2c30aadfafd3%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r204ba2a9ea750f38d789d2bb429cc0925ad6133deea7cbc3001d96b5%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r21d64797914001119d2fc766b88c6da181dc2308d20f14e7a7f46117%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r233267e24519bacd0f9fb9f61a1287cb9f4bcb6e75d83f34f405c521%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r25422df9ad22fec56d9eeca3ab8bd6d66365e9f6bfe311b64730edf5%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4363c994c8bca033569a98da9218cc0c62bb695c1e47a98e5084e5a0%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5103b1c9242c0f812ac96e524344144402cbff9b6e078d1557bc7b1e%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r590c15cebee9b8e757e2f738127a9a71e48ede647a3044c504e050a4%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5caf4fcb69d2749225391e61db7216282955204849ba94f83afe011f%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7af60fbd8b2350d49d14e53a3ab2801998b9d1af2d6fcac60b060a53%40%3Cdev.brooklyn.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r972f82d821b805d04602976a9736c01b6bf218cfe0c3f48b472db488%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rcc35ab6be300365de5ff9587e0479d10d7d7c79070921837e3693162%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd3f99d732baed459b425fb0a9e9e14f7843c9459b12037e4a9d753b5%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdebc1830d6c09c11d5a4804ca26769dbd292d17d361c61dea50915f0%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re13bd219dd4b651134f6357f12bd07a0344eea7518c577bbdd185265%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf5230a049d989dbfdd404b4320a265dceeeba459a4d04ec21873bd55%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QLJIK2AUOZOWXR3S5XXBUNMOF3RTHTI7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WZB3GB7YXIOUKIOQ27VTIP6KKGJJ3CKL/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230818-0001/
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.htmlNot Applicable, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.