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Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Apache Batik

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Mar 4, 2024

Package

maven org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 1.0, <= 1.9.1

Patched versions

1.10

Description

In Apache Batik 1.x before 1.10, when deserializing subclass of AbstractDocument, the class takes a string from the inputStream as the class name which then use it to call the no-arg constructor of the class. Fix was to check the class type before calling newInstance in deserialization.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 24, 2018
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022
Reviewed Jun 29, 2022
Last updated Mar 4, 2024

Severity

Critical

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
High
Integrity
High
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:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

0.442%
(75th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2018-8013

GHSA ID

GHSA-25gw-4pcc-45cf

Source code

No known source code

Credits

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