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01 Record

CVE-2019-12402

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: apache
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
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02 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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
16.15% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 96.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2019-08-29 00:00Z7 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-04 23:17Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2019-05-28
Assigning CNA
apache
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')Base
Data version
5.1
Document digest
d77e205bab86521c13f014a995f9017da43960a5f0486bd7abd149f4e68b6ac8

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Apache Software FoundationApache Commons Compress1.15 to 1.18—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

  • libcommons-compress-java
    Fixed in 1.18-3

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

  • libcommons-compress-java
    Fixed in 1.18-3

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

  • libcommons-compress-java
    Fixed in 1.18-3

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

  • libcommons-compress-java
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

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