CVE-2018-16646
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 2.9%
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 v3.0 NVD
- 6.5 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - EPSS
- 2.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 87th percentile
- Published
- 2018-09-06
- Updated
- 2024-08-05
Proof-of-concept exploits (2)
Security advisories
- 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://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-1
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-2