CVE-2018-12418 (GCVE-0-2018-12418)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-14 16:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 04:25
VLAI
Summary
Archive.java in Junrar before 1.0.1, as used in Apache Tika and other products, is affected by a denial of service vulnerability due to an infinite loop when handling corrupt RAR files.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
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