Vulnerability CVE-2018-16646
Published: 2018-09-06   Modified: 2018-09-07

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.

Type:

CWE-835

 (Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Freedesktop -> Poppler 
Debian -> Debian linux 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 

 References:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2022
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1622951
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00024.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00040.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00004.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-2/
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