CVE-2018-16646 Information

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:H

Reference

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/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

6.5