Vulnerability Details CVE-2018-16646
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.021
EPSS Ranking 83.2%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 6.5
CVSS v2 Score 4.3
References
- 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/
Products affected by CVE-2018-16646
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cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:0.68.0
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0