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CVE-2018-11771

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-11771 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Apache Commons Compress versions 1.7 to 1.17, as well as Oracle WebLogic Server, where a specially crafted ZIP archive can cause an infinite stream when processed by ZipArchiveInputStream combined with java.io.InputStreamReader. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and local attack vector, but a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.7.0, <= 1.17.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_compress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.1.1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:weblogic_server:14.1.1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0525 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 5,758 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.commons:commons-compressFixed in: 1.18
oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Fuse 7.6.0Fixed in: commons-compress
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty)Fixed in: opendaylight
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka)Fixed in: opendaylight
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: rh-maven35-apache-commons-compress
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Storage 3Fixed in: commons-compress

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-hrmr-f5m6-m9pqmedium

Moderate severity vulnerability that affects org.apache.commons:commons-compress

Oct 19, 2018
redhatCVE-2018-11771Moderate

apache-commons-compress: ZipArchiveInputStream.read() fails to identify correct EOF allowing for DoS via crafted zip

Aug 17, 2018

References

lists.apache.org / thread.html/0adb631517766e793e18a59723e2df08ced41eb9a57478f14781c9f7%40%3Cdev.tinkerpop.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/3565494c263dfeb4dcb2a71cb24d09a1ca285cd6ac74edc025a3af8a%40%3Ccommits.tinkerpop.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/35f60d6d0407c13c39411038ba1aca71d92595ed7041beff4d07f2ee%40%3Ccommits.tinkerpop.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/6c79965066c30d4e330e04d911d3761db41b82c89ae38d9a6b37a6f1%40%3Cdev.tinkerpop.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/714c6ac1b1b50f8557e7342903ef45f1538a7bc60a0b47d6e48c273d%40%3Ccommits.tinkerpop.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/b8da751fc0ca949534cdf2744111da6bb0349d2798fac94b0a50f330%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/b8ef29df0f1d55aa741170748352ae8e425c7b1d286b2f257711a2dd%40%3Cdev.creadur.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/b907e70bc422905d7962fd18f863f746bf7b4e7ed9da25c148580c61%40%3Cnotifications.commons.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/c7954dc1e8fafd7ca1449f078953b419ebf8936e087f235f3bd024be%40%3Ccommits.tinkerpop.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/e3eae9e6fc021c4c22dda59a335d21c12eecab480b48115a2f098ef6%40%3Ccommits.tinkerpop.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/eeecc1669242b28a3777ae13c68b376b0148d589d3d8170340d61120%40%3Cdev.tinkerpop.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/f28052d04cb8dbaae39bfd3dc8438e58c2a8be306a3f381f4728d7c1%40%3Ccommits.commons.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/f9cdd32af7d73e943452167d15801db39e8130409ebb9efb243b3f41%40%3Ccommits.tinkerpop.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/ff8dcfe29377088ab655fda9d585dccd5b1f07fabd94ae84fd60a7f8%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/105139
Broken Link
securitytracker.com / id/1041503
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