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CVE-2018-8015

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-8015 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Apache ORC versions 1.0.0 to 1.4.3, where a specially crafted ORC file can cause an infinite recursive function call in the C++ or Java parser. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating that it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to a high impact on availability, and potentially stack corruption in the C++ parser. 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
> 1.0.0, <= 1.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:orc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0342 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.orc:orcFixed in: 1.4.4

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-mqmp-4mcp-vg8vhigh

Apache ORC vulnerable to Uncontrolled Recursion

May 13, 2022

References

orc.apache.org / security/CVE-2018-8015
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/104215
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry