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CVE-2019-0228

Published: 17 April 2019

Apache PDFBox 2.0.14 does not properly initialize the XML parser, which allows context-dependent attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted XFDF.

Notes

AuthorNote
sbeattie
introduced in 2.0.14

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
libpdfbox-java
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(introduced in 2.0.14)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(introduced in 2.0.14)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [introduced in 2.0.14])
upstream Not vulnerable
(debian: Vulnerable code introduced in 2.0.14)
xenial Not vulnerable
(introduced in 2.0.14)
libpdfbox2-java
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(introduced in 2.0.14)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(introduced in 2.0.14)
trusty Does not exist

upstream Not vulnerable
(debian: Vulnerable code introduced in 2.0.14)
xenial Does not exist

Patches:
upstream: https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1856952

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H