CVE-2018-1338
Moderate severity vulnerability that affects org.apache.tika:tika-core
A carefully crafted (or fuzzed) file can trigger an infinite loop in Apache Tika's BPGParser in versions of Apache Tika before 1.18.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A carefully crafted (or fuzzed) file can trigger an infinite loop in Apache Tika's BPGParser in versions of Apache Tika before 1.18.
- Record
CVE-2018-1338- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-835
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A carefully crafted (or fuzzed) file can trigger an infinite loop in Apache Tika's BPGParser in versions of Apache Tika before 1.18.
- Record
CVE-2018-1338- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-0510 No score
A carefully crafted (or fuzzed) file can trigger an infinite loop in Apache Tika's BPGParser in versions of Apache Tika before 1.18.
- Record
EUVD-2018-0510- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5mf7-26mw-3rqr
Moderate severity vulnerability that affects org.apache.tika:tika-core
A carefully crafted (or fuzzed) file can trigger an infinite loop in Apache Tika's BPGParser in versions of Apache Tika before 1.18.
- Record
GHSA-5mf7-26mw-3rqr- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-835
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
A carefully crafted (or fuzzed) file can trigger an infinite loop in Apache Tika's BPGParser in versions of Apache Tika before 1.18.
- Record
CVE-2018-1338- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2018-1338
A carefully crafted (or fuzzed) file can trigger an infinite loop in Apache Tika's BPGParser in versions of Apache Tika before 1.18.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1338- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-5mf7-26mw-3rqr
Moderate severity vulnerability that affects org.apache.tika:tika-core
A carefully crafted (or fuzzed) file can trigger an infinite loop in Apache Tika's BPGParser in versions of Apache Tika before 1.18.
- Record
GHSA-5mf7-26mw-3rqr- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-835
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2018-1338
A carefully crafted (or fuzzed) file can trigger an infinite loop in Apache Tika's BPGParser in versions of Apache Tika before 1.18.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1338- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
org.apache.tika:tika-coreMaven |
before 1.18 | 1.18 |
tikaDebian:11 |
before 1.18-1 | 1.18-1 |
org.apache.tika:tika-coreMaven |
before 1.18, plus listed versions 0.100.40.50.60.7 Show 20 moreShow less0.80.91.01.11.101.111.121.131.141.151.161.171.21.31.41.51.61.71.81.9 |
1.18 |
tikaUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.5-21.5-31.5-41.5-4ubuntu0.1 |
None known |
tikaUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.5-5 |
None known |
tikaUbuntu:25.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.22-2 |
None known |
tikaUbuntu:26.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.22-2 |
None known |
tikaUbuntu:26.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.22-2 |
None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-1338 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Apache Tika, published April 25, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.92%, the 79th percentile. Fixed in org.apache.tika:tika-core 1.18.
References
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669
lists.apache.org/thread.html/4d20c5748fb9f836653bc78a1bad991ba8485d82a1e821f70b641932%40%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1338
github.com/advisories/GHSA-5mf7-26mw-3rqr
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-1338
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1338
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/04/25/6
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1338