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CVE-2019-12402The file name encoding algorithm used internally in Apache Commons Compress 1.15 to 1.18 can get into an infinite loop when faced with…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 16.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The file name encoding algorithm used internally in Apache Commons Compress 1.15 to 1.18 can get into an infinite loop when faced with specially crafted inputs. This can lead to a denial of service attack if an attacker can choose the file names inside of an archive created by Compress.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apache
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 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 | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 16.2% · top 3.0% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache Commons Compress
- affected 1.15 to 1.18
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenio.github.1tchy.java9modular.org.apache.commons:commons-compressGHSA-53x6-4x5p-rrvv (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.apache.commons:commons-compressGHSA-53x6-4x5p-rrvv (opens in a new tab)
References
References30
- [creadur-commits] 20191022 [creadur-rat] branch master updated: RAT-258: Update to latest commons-compress to fix CVE-2019-12402 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-c96a8d12b0 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-da0eac1eb6 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- [druid-commits] 20191115 [GitHub] [incubator-druid] ccaominh opened a new pull request #8878: Address security vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- [flink-issues] 20200306 [GitHub] [flink] nielsbasjes opened a new pull request #11333: [FLINK-14121] Update commons-compress because of CVE-2019-12402 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- [flink-issues] 20200306 [GitHub] [flink] flinkbot edited a comment on issue #11333: [FLINK-14121] Update commons-compress because of CVE-2019-12402 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- [flink-issues] 20200306 [GitHub] [flink] flinkbot commented on issue #11333: [FLINK-14121] Update commons-compress because of CVE-2019-12402 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- [flink-issues] 20200310 [GitHub] [flink] GJL commented on issue #11333: [FLINK-14121] Update commons-compress because of CVE-2019-12402 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- [flink-issues] 20200311 [GitHub] [flink] nielsbasjes commented on issue #11333: [FLINK-14121] Update commons-compress because of CVE-2019-12402 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- [flink-issues] 20200311 [GitHub] [flink] GJL commented on issue #11333: [FLINK-14121] Update commons-compress because of CVE-2019-12402 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- [flink-issues] 20200311 [GitHub] [flink] flinkbot edited a comment on issue #11333: [FLINK-14121] Update commons-compress because of CVE-2019-12402 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- [flink-issues] 20200311 [GitHub] [flink] nielsbasjes edited a comment on issue #11333: [FLINK-14121] Update commons-compress because of CVE-2019-12402 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- [flink-issues] 20200312 [GitHub] [flink] zentol commented on issue #11333: [FLINK-14121] Update commons-compress because of CVE-2019-12402 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- [flink-issues] 20200312 [GitHub] [flink] GJL commented on issue #11333: [FLINK-14121] Update commons-compress because of CVE-2019-12402 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- [flink-issues] 20200313 [GitHub] [flink] GJL commented on issue #11333: [FLINK-14121] Update commons-compress because of CVE-2019-12402 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- [flink-issues] 20200313 [GitHub] [flink] zentol commented on issue #11333: [FLINK-14121] Update commons-compress because of CVE-2019-12402 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- [flink-issues] 20200313 [GitHub] [flink] GJL closed pull request #11333: [FLINK-14121] Update commons-compress because of CVE-2019-12402 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- [lucene-solr-user] 20200320 CVEs (vulnerabilities) that apply to Solr 8.4.1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- [lucene-solr-user] 20200320 Re: CVEs (vulnerabilities) that apply to Solr 8.4.1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- [brooklyn-dev] 20200403 [GitHub] [brooklyn-server] nakomis opened a new pull request #1089: Bumps commons-compress version (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/308cc15f1f1dc53e97046fddbac240e6cd16de89a2746cf257be7f5b%40%3Cdev.commons.apache.org%3E (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230818-0001/ (opens in a new tab)x_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-2019-0685 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-53x6-4x5p-rrvv (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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