CVE-2018-7173

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    CVE-2018-7173

    Published: 15 Feb 2018Last Modified: 14 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: A large loop in JBIG2Stream::readSymbolDictSeg in xpdf 4.00 allows an attacker to cause denial of service via a specific file due to inappropriate decoding.

    References: https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=607

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