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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
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

References

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