CVE-2018-7453

CWE-8359 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
EPSS
0.4%
top 36.62%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Xpdfreader Xpdf
Timeline
PublishedFeb 24
Latest updateMay 13

Description

Infinite recursion in AcroForm::scanField in AcroForm.cc in xpdf 4.00 allows attackers to launch denial of service via a specific pdf file due to lack of loop checking, as demonstrated by pdftohtml.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDxpdfreader/xpdf4.00

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-9qfw-47fx-pxvc: Infinite recursion in AcroForm::scanField in AcroForm↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2018-7453: Infinite recursion in AcroForm::scanField in AcroForm↗2018-02-24
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OSV
CVE-2018-7453: Infinite recursion in AcroForm::scanField in AcroForm↗2018-02-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2018-7453: xpdf - Infinite recursion in AcroForm::scanField in AcroForm.cc in xpdf 4.00 allows att...↗2018
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💬Community

4
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-16369 xpdf: heap-based buffer over-read via a crafted pdf file↗2018-09-03
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-7453 xpdf: Infinite recursion in AcroForm::scanField in AcroForm.cc↗2018-02-27
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-7453 xpdf: Infinite recursion in AcroForm::scanField in AcroForm.cc [epel-all]↗2018-02-27
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-7453 xpdf: Infinite recursion in AcroForm::scanField in AcroForm.cc [fedora-all]↗2018-02-27
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