Vulnerability Details : CVE-2018-18385
Asciidoctor in versions < 1.5.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop). The loop was caused by the fact that Parser.next_block was not exhausting all the lines in the reader as the while loop expected it would. This was happening because the regular expression that detects any list was not agreeing with the regular expression that detects a specific list type. So the line kept getting pushed back onto the reader, hence causing the loop.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-18385
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 0.25%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 62 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2018-18385
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source |
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5.0
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
10.0
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2.9
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NIST |
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7.5
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HIGH | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
3.9
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3.6
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2018-18385
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The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2018-18385
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https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor/issues/2888
Infinite loop in Parser#next_block · Issue #2888 · asciidoctor/asciidoctor · GitHubExploit;Third Party Advisory
Products affected by CVE-2018-18385
- cpe:2.3:a:asciidoctor:asciidoctor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*