CVE-2018-16646

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
ProductFreedesktop Poppler
PublishedSep 6, 2018
First seenSep 6, 2018

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
freedesktop poppler0.68.0—
debian debian_linux8.0—
canonical ubuntu_linux14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 18.10—

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