CVE-2018-16646 — Infinite Loop in Poppler

CWE-835 — Infinite Loop14 documents8 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
2.0%
top 16.11%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Freedesktop PopplerCanonical Ubuntu LinuxDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedSep 6
Latest updateMay 13

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:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Debianfreedesktop/poppler< 0.71.0-4+3
▶Ubuntufreedesktop/poppler< 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.14+5

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 18.10

Patches

Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-7rfh-f9f4-m45f: In Poppler 0↗2022-05-13
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OSV
poppler regression↗2018-12-11
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OSV
poppler vulnerabilities↗2018-12-04
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OSV
CVE-2018-16646: In Poppler 0↗2018-09-06
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CVEList
CVE-2018-16646: In Poppler 0↗2018-09-06
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
poppler regression↗2018-12-11
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Ubuntu
poppler vulnerabilities↗2018-12-04
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Red Hat
poppler: infinite recursion in Parser::getObj function in Parser.cc↗2018-08-28
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Debian
CVE-2018-16646: poppler - In Poppler 0.68.0, the Parser::getObj() function in Parser.cc may cause infinite...↗2018
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💬Community

4
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-13288 xpdf: denial of service in function Parser::getObj() in Parser.cc↗2019-07-10
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-16646 poppler: infinite recursion in Parser::getObj function in Parser.cc↗2018-09-07
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-16646 poppler: infinite recursion in Parser::getObj function in Parser.cc [fedora-all]↗2018-09-07
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-16646 mingw-poppler: poppler: infinite recursion in Parser::getObj function in Parser.cc [fedora-all]↗2018-09-07
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