CVE-2018-18651

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-18651
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-10-25 13:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.00. catalog->getNumPages() in AcroForm.cc allows attackers to launch a denial of service (hang caused by large loop) via a specific pdf file, as demonstrated by pdftohtml. This is mainly caused by a large number after the /Count field in the file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-834

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Xpdfreader Xpdf 4.00 All All All
Application Xpdfreader Xpdf 4.00 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange MISC exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory
two bugs in pdftohtml - forum.xpdfreader.com MISC forum.xpdfreader.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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