Endless Recursive Function Call Vulnerability in Apache ORC File Parser

CVE-2018-8015 · MEDIUM Severity

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In Apache ORC 1.0.0 to 1.4.3 a malformed ORC file can trigger an endlessly recursive function call in the C++ or Java parser. The impact of this bug is most likely denial-of-service against software that uses the ORC file parser. With the C++ parser, the stack overflow might possibly corrupt the stack.

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