CVE-2019-12402
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 29, 2019 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:14 AM UTC
19 products affected across 3 vendorsFedoraPeopleSoft Enterprise PT PeopleToolsWebcenter Portal
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 16%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
95%
1.15 ≤ v ≤ 1.18
14.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 14.4.0
8.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 8.2.2
8.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 8.2.2
8.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 8.2.2
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (30)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r204ba2a9ea750f38d789d2bb429cc0925ad6133deea7cbc3001d96b5%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3ECVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-835
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