CVE-2018-8036

In Apache PDFBox 1.8.0 to 1.8.14 and 2.0.0RC1 to 2.0.10, a carefully crafted (or fuzzed) file can trigger an infinite loop which leads to an out of memory exception in Apache PDFBox's AFMParser.

Published: 2018-07-03 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2018-8036 is rated Moderate Risk (62/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.83%, 91th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +4.24% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-8036

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 0.59% 4.83% +4.24%
2 2026-05-01 0.55% 0.59% +0.04%
3 2026-01-23 — 0.55% —

Full EPSS history (21 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-8036

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
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.
 2.8 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-2018-8036

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2018-8036

GHSA-j2xq-pfff-mvgg · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition in Apache PDFBox

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-8036

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2018-8036 low priority: Debian including 2 source packages (libpdfbox-java, libpdfbox2-java), 10 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 10. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-8036
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-8036
suse medium CVE-2018-8036 severity moderate: SUSE including 12 source package names (apache-pdfbox, apache-pdfbox-1.8.12-3.5.4, …), 19 product×package rows across 15 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP1, … (15 product lines)): Fixed 18, Known Not Affected 1. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-8036/
ubuntu low CVE-2018-8036 low priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (libpdfbox-java, libpdfbox2-java), 40 status rows across 20 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 30, released 4, DNE 3, ignored 2, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-8036

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-8036

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache pdfbox > 1.8.0, <= 1.8.14 cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache pdfbox >= 2.0.0, <= 2.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache pdfbox 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:2.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache pdfbox 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:2.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache pdfbox 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:pdfbox:2.0.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-8036

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