What is the CVSS score of CVE-2018-18854?

CVE-2018-18854 has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 7.5 (High). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 1.9%.

Is there a public PoC exploit available for CVE-2018-18854?

Yes, a public proof-of-concept exploit is available for CVE-2018-18854. Prioritise patching immediately. EPSS: 1.9%.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2018-18854?

Yes, a patch is available for CVE-2018-18854. Update the affected software to the latest version immediately.

Spray Json CVE-2018-18854

HIGH

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)

2018-10-31 cve@mitre.org

Denial Of Service Spray Json

7.5

CVSS 3.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

7.5 HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Oct 31, 2018 - 05:29 nvd

HIGH 7.5

Blast Radius

ecosystem impact

† from your stack dependencies † transitive graph · vuln.today resolves 4-path depth

6 maven packages depend on io.spray:spray-json_2.10 (5 direct, 1 indirect)
131 maven packages depend on io.spray:spray-json_2.11 (58 direct, 81 indirect)
377 maven packages depend on io.spray:spray-json_2.12 (98 direct, 295 indirect)

Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 1.3.5 and other introduced versions.

DescriptionNVD

AnalysisAI

Lightbend Spray spray-json through 1.3.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) because of Algorithmic Complexity during the parsing of many JSON object fields. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400), which allows attackers to cause denial of service by exhausting system resources. Lightbend Spray spray-json through 1.3.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) because of Algorithmic Complexity during the parsing of many JSON object fields (with keys that have the same hash code). Affected products include: Lightbend Spray-Json. Version information: through 1.3.4.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Implement rate limiting, set resource quotas, validate input sizes, use timeouts.