CVE-2018-16646

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-16646
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-09-06 23:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-07-23 12:15:00 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-835

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Freedesktop Poppler 0.68.0 All All All
Application Freedesktop Poppler 0.68.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1622951 – poppler: Infinite recursion in poppler/Parser.cc:Parser::getObj() function MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-3837-1: poppler vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3837-2: poppler regression | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1562-3] poppler regression update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 2287-1] poppler security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 1562-1] poppler security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1562-2] poppler security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 377321 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for poppler (ALINUX2-SA-2019:0096)
  • 751420 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for poppler (SUSE-SU-2021:3854-1)
  • 751427 OpenSUSE Security Update for poppler (openSUSE-SU-2021:3854-1)
  • 754197 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for poppler (SUSE-SU-2023:2907-1)
  • 754198 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for poppler (SUSE-SU-2023:2906-1)
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