UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16646

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16646

    Published: 6 Sept 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-16646

    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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16646, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3837-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3837-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16646

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: poppler

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.24.5-2ubuntu4.13

    Affected versions

    0.24.1-0ubuntu1
    0.24.3-0ubuntu1
    0.24.3-0ubuntu2
    0.24.3-0ubuntu3
    0.24.3-0ubuntu4
    0.24.3-0ubuntu5
    0.24.3-0ubuntu6
    0.24.3-0ubuntu7
    0.24.3-0ubuntu8
    0.24.3-0ubuntu10
    0.24.3-0ubuntu12
    0.24.5-0ubuntu3
    0.24.5-2ubuntu1
    0.24.5-2ubuntu2
    0.24.5-2ubuntu4
    0.24.5-2ubuntu4.1
    0.24.5-2ubuntu4.2
    0.24.5-2ubuntu4.3
    0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4
    0.24.5-2ubuntu4.5
    0.24.5-2ubuntu4.6
    0.24.5-2ubuntu4.7
    0.24.5-2ubuntu4.8
    0.24.5-2ubuntu4.9
    0.24.5-2ubuntu4.11
    0.24.5-2ubuntu4.12

    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