High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 2, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-1336
CVE-2018-1336
Description
An improper handing of overflow in the UTF-8 decoder with supplementary characters can lead to an infinite loop in the decoder causing a Denial of Service. Versions Affected: Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M9 to 9.0.7, 8.5.0 to 8.5.30, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.51, and 7.0.28 to 7.0.86.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-coreMaven | >= 9.0.0.M9, < 9.0.8 | 9.0.8 |
org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-coreMaven | >= 8.5.0, < 8.5.31 | 8.5.31 |
org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-coreMaven | >= 8.0.0RC1, < 8.0.51 | 8.0.51 |
org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-coreMaven | >= 7.0.28, < 7.0.87 | 7.0.87 |
Affected products
10- ghsa-coords9 versionspkg:maven/org.apache.tomcat.embed/tomcat-embed-corepkg:rpm/opensuse/tomcat10&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/tomcat&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Web%20and%20Scripting%2015pkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3
>= 9.0.0.M9, < 9.0.8+ 8 more
- (no CPE)range: >= 9.0.0.M9, < 9.0.8
- (no CPE)range: < 10.1.14-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.36-8.4
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.10-3.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.0.53-10.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.0.53-29.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.90-7.23.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.0.53-10.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.0.53-29.13.1
- Apache Software Foundation/Apache Tomcatv5Range: 9.0.0.M9 to 9.0.7
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
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