CVE-2018-16646

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    CVE-2018-16646

    Published: 6 Sept 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00018.html, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2022, 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://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-1/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-2/, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1622951

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- c666833e4163a93451eab27c675af9ca82d11593
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.68.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High