CVEvulnerability

CVE-2018-16646

6.5 MEDIUM Published 2018-09-06 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-09-06
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-835

Description

In Poppler 0.68.0, the Parser::getObj() function in Parser.cc may cause infinite recursion via a crafted file. A remote attacker can leverage this for a DoS attack.

Affected configurations

• freedesktop poppler 0.68.0 • debian debian linux 8.0 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 16.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 18.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 18.10

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition weakness

References