Vulnerability CVE-2018-7173


Published: 2018-02-15

Description:
A large loop in JBIG2Stream::readSymbolDictSeg in xpdf 4.00 allows an attacker to cause denial of service via a specific file due to inappropriate decoding.

Type:

CWE-172

(Encoding Error)

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://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=607

Copyright 2024, cxsecurity.com

 

Back to Top