CVE-2018-16646medium
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.
References
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
Details
Source: MITRE
Published: 2018-09-06
Updated: 2020-07-23
Type: CWE-835
Risk Information
CVSS v2
Base Score: 4.3
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Impact Score: 2.9
Exploitability Score: 8.6
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS v3
Base Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 2.8
Severity: MEDIUM