High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published May 6, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-17202

Description

Certain input files could make the code to enter into an infinite loop when Apache Sanselan 0.97-incubator was used to parse them, which could be used in a DoS attack. Note that Apache Sanselan (incubating) was renamed to Apache Commons Imaging.

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Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.apache.sanselan:sanselanMaven	<= 0.97-incubator	—

Affected products

Apache/Commons Imaging
cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_imaging:0.97:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Apache/Apache Sanselandescription
ghsa-coords
pkg:maven/org.apache.sanselan/sanselan
Range: <= 0.97-incubator

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-g99m-3m46-4gm9ghsaADVISORY
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17202ghsaADVISORY
lists.apache.org/thread.html/69204376d12205b0d2d90e6fcbeebb99b894e6db88c8ff565c4e1efa@%3Cdev.commons.apache.org%3EghsaWEB
lists.apache.org/thread.html/69204376d12205b0d2d90e6fcbeebb99b894e6db88c8ff565c4e1efa%40%3Cdev.commons.apache.org%3Envd

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