CVE-2018-8017

In Apache Tika 1.2 to 1.18, a carefully crafted file can trigger an infinite loop in the IptcAnpaParser.

Published: 2018-09-19 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2018-8017 is rated Moderate Risk (51.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.51%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-8017

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 2.11% 2.51% +0.40%
2 2026-01-29 3.65% 2.11% -1.54%
3 2025-11-21 — 3.65% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-8017

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-8017

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2018-8017

GHSA-j53j-gmr9-h8g3 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Comparison errorr in org.apache.tika:tika-core

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-8017

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2018-8017 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (tika), 2 status rows across 2 suites (bullseye, sid): resolved 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-8017
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-8017
suse low — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-8017/
ubuntu low CVE-2018-8017 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (tika), 19 status rows across 19 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 8, not-affected 6, needs-triage 4, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-8017

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-8017

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache tika >= 1.2, <= 1.18 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tika:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-8017

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