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CVE-2018-8013

39
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-8013 is a critical deserialization vulnerability in Apache Batik 1.x before 1.10, also affecting Canonical, Debian, and Oracle products. It allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code by manipulating the deserialization process of AbstractDocument subclasses. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without authentication, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.0, < 1.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:batik:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
19.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1952 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.xmlgraphics:batikFixed in: 1.10
oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: batik
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: batik
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6Fixed in: switchyard
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: rh-java-common-batik

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-25gw-4pcc-45cfcritical

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Apache Batik

May 13, 2022
redhatCVE-2018-8013Moderate

batik: information disclosure when deserializing

May 23, 2018

References

lists.apache.org / thread.html/r9e90b4d1cf6ea87a79bb506541140dfbf4801f4463a7cee08126ee44%40%3Ccommits.xmlgraphics.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rc0a31867796043fbe59113fb654fe8b13309fe04f8935acb8d0fab19%40%3Ccommits.xmlgraphics.apache.org%3E
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00016.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
mail-archives.apache.org / mod_mbox/xmlgraphics-batik-dev/201805.mbox/%3c000701d3f28f%24d01860a0%24704921e0%24%40gmail.com%3e
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202401-11
usn.ubuntu.com / 3661-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4215
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
xmlgraphics.apache.org / security.html
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/104252
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1040995
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry