Medium severity · published Sep 6, 2018
CVE-2018-16646
In Poppler 0.68.0, the Parser::getObj() function in Parser.cc may cause infinite recursion via a crafted file
6.5
CVSS
2.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.9% · higher than 87% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
PO
Poppler · Freedesktop
0.68.0 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
14.04; 16.04; 18.04; 18.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16646
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16646
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2022
Exploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1622951
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00024.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00040.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00004.html
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00018.html
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