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CVE-2018-11780
A potential Remote Code Execution bug exists with the PDFInfo plugin in Apache SpamAssassin before 3.4.2.
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 10.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
A potential Remote Code Execution bug exists with the PDFInfo plugin in Apache SpamAssassin before 3.4.2.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apache
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 10.8% · top 4.1% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache SpamAssassin
- affected before 3.4.2
References
7
- USN-3811-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3811-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 105373 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-201812-07 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- [announce] 20180916 [SECURITY] Apache SpamAssassin 3.4.2 resolves CVE-2017-15705, CVE-2016-1238, CVE-2018-11780 & CVE-2018-11781 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20181113 [SECURITY] [DLA 1578-1] spamassassin security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1831 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-3783 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2018-11780)Record last updated .