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CVE-2018-17201

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-17201 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Apache Sanselan 0.97-incubator (now Apache Commons Imaging) where specially crafted input files can cause the software to hang. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (High), indicating a high-impact availability issue that can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity and no user interaction. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.97CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_imaging:0.97:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0193 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 51,455 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-rjx9-2936-9ffxhigh

Improper Input Validation in Apache Sanselan

May 14, 2019

References

lists.apache.org / thread.html/cd37861963aa6d2694c8947d464c99614d3e1a9db6c1a2a8b7b5840a%40%3Cdev.commons.apache.org%3E