CVE-2018-16646

moderate-risk
Published 2018-09-06

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.

Do I need to act?

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2.0% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
6
CVSS 6.5/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (6)

Affected Vendors

Debian Canonical Freedesktop

References (16)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2022
Exploit https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1622951
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00024.html
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00040.html
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00004.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00018.html
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-1/
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-2/
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2022
Exploit https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1622951
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00024.html
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00040.html
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00004.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00018.html
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-1/
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-2/
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moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 5/34 · Minimal
Exposure 13/34 · Low