medium6.5
CVE-2018-16646
In Poppler 0.68.0, the Parser::getObj() function in Parser.cc may cause infinite recursion via a crafted file.
Impact
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 products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Freedesktop | Poppler | Version 0.68.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 8.0 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 18.10 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- 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://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00018.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-2/
- 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://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00018.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-2/