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Apache ORC vulnerable to Uncontrolled Recursion

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 28, 2023

Package

maven org.apache.orc:orc (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 1.0.0, < 1.4.4

Patched versions

1.4.4

Description

In Apache ORC 1.0.0 to 1.4.3 a malformed ORC file can trigger an endlessly recursive function call in the C++ or Java parser. The impact of this bug is most likely denial-of-service against software that uses the ORC file parser. With the C++ parser, the stack overflow might possibly corrupt the stack.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 18, 2018
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022
Reviewed Nov 7, 2022
Last updated Jan 28, 2023

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

0.060%
(27th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2018-8015

GHSA ID

GHSA-mqmp-4mcp-vg8v

Source code

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