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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-8015

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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1 Nov 2026, 05:39 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2018-8015

core-osv · Original source

Published 18 May 2018, 17:29 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2018-8015
Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:32.020224642Z",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
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  "published_at": "2018-05-18T17:29:00.353+00:00"
}