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.
CVE-2018-1336
This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 18.6%, top 5% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 97.3%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
August 2, 2018
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (76)
- security@apachehttp://mail-archives.us.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201807.mbox/%3C20180722090435.GA60759%40minotaur.apache.org%3E
- security@apachehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104898
- security@apachehttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041375
- security@apachehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:2188
- security@apachehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:2189
- security@apachehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2700
- security@apachehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2701
- security@apachehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2740
- security@apachehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2741
- security@apachehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2742
- security@apachehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2743
- security@apachehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2921
- security@apachehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2930
- security@apachehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2939
- security@apachehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2945
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2018-1336(5)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2018:3768Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Fuse 7.2 security update
- RHSA-2018:2743Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.21 security update
- RHSA-2018:2742Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.21 security update
- RHSA-2018:2741Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.21 security update
- RHSA-2018:2740Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.21 security update
Patch Availability(14)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | tomcat8-user (8.0.32-1ubuntu1.7) @ xenial | 2026-05-28 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | tomcat7-examples (7.0.68-1ubuntu0.4+esm1) @ xenial | 2026-05-28 | ubuntu |
| redhat | tomcat | 2018-12-04 | redhat |
| redhat | patch | 2018-10-18 | redhat |
| redhat | patch | 2018-10-17 | redhat |
| redhat | jbossweb | 2018-10-16 | redhat |
| redhat | tomcat-0:7.0.76-8.el7_5 | 2018-10-16 | redhat |
| redhat | xerces-j2-eap6-0:2.9.1-19.redhat_8.1.ep6.el7 | 2018-09-24 | redhat |
| redhat | xerces-j2-eap6-0:2.9.1-19.redhat_8.1.ep6.el5 | 2018-09-24 | redhat |
| redhat | xerces-j2-eap6-0:2.9.1-19.redhat_8.1.ep6.el6 | 2018-09-24 | redhat |
| redhat | tomcat8-0:8.0.36-33.ep7.el7 | 2018-09-12 | redhat |
| redhat | tomcat8 | 2018-09-12 | redhat |
| redhat | jws5-tomcat-vault-0:1.1.7-3.Final_redhat_1.1.el7jws | 2018-07-12 | redhat |
| redhat | jws5-tomcat-vault-0:1.1.7-3.Final_redhat_1.1.el6jws | 2018-07-12 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Maven(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core | 7.0.28 ... 7.0.86 (42 versions) | 7.0.87 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(10)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Red HatRHEA-2018:2188IMPORTANT2018-07-22
RHEA-2018:2188 — Important
- Red HatRHEA-2018:2189IMPORTANT2018-07-22
RHEA-2018:2189 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2018:2700IMPORTANT2018-07-22
RHSA-2018:2700 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2018:2701IMPORTANT2018-07-22
RHSA-2018:2701 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2018:2921IMPORTANT2018-07-22
RHSA-2018:2921 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2018:2930IMPORTANT2018-07-22
RHSA-2018:2930 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2018:2939IMPORTANT2018-07-22
RHSA-2018:2939 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2018:2945IMPORTANT2018-07-22
RHSA-2018:2945 — Important
- UbuntuUSN-3723-1MEDIUM
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- UbuntuUSN-4791-1MEDIUM
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Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 45× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-07-22 14:05 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-21 15:22 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-21 07:47 UTCOSV refresh
- 2026-07-20 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-07-04 06:28 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-07-04 02:56 UTCOSV refresh
- 2026-07-02 16:54 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-01 15:03 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-06-30 23:20 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-06-28 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-06-25 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-06-16 17:50 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-16 17:50 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-15 17:45 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-15 14:43 UTCOSV refresh
- 2026-06-14 23:15 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-14 23:14 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-13 22:58 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-06-06 13:45 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-06-05 22:45 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-06-04 13:10 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-06-01 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-05-31 22:29 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-05-29 13:41 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-28 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-28 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-05-28 04:21 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-05-28 04:21 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-05-27 13:38 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-05-26 07:17 UTCEPSS rescore
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