Vulnerability CVE-2018-18651


Published: 2018-10-25

Description:
An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.00. catalog->getNumPages() in AcroForm.cc allows attackers to launch a denial of service (hang caused by large loop) via a specific pdf file, as demonstrated by pdftohtml. This is mainly caused by a large number after the /Count field in the file.

Type:

CWE-834

(Excessive Iteration)

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
Xpdfreader -> XPDF 

 References:
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/152005
https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41219&p=41747#p41747

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