High
Security advisory
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.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2018-8015
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 05:39 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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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