A potential Remote Code Execution bug exists with the PDFInfo plugin in Apache SpamAssassin before 3.4.2.

Description

A potential Remote Code Execution bug exists with the PDFInfo plugin in Apache SpamAssassin before 3.4.2.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

10.8% · top 4.1% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.

Weakness

• Remote Code Execution
• CWE-94 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-94 and its CVEs

Affected products

• Apache Software Foundation · Apache SpamAssassin

  • affected before 3.4.2

References (7)

• USN-3811-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-3811-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 105373 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• GLSA-201812-07 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• [announce] 20180916 [SECURITY] Apache SpamAssassin 3.4.2 resolves CVE-2017-15705, CVE-2016-1238, CVE-2018-11780 & CVE-2018-11781 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [debian-lts-announce] 20181113 [SECURITY] [DLA 1578-1] spamassassin security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2019:1831 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_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)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2018-11780](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2018-11780.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2018-11780)

Record last updated 16 Sept 2024, 20:57 UTC.