CVE-2018-7174

low-risk
Published 2018-02-15

An issue was discovered in xpdf 4.00. An infinite loop in XRef::Xref allows an attacker to cause denial of service because loop detection exists only for tables, not streams.

Do I need to act?

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0.18% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low 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
5
CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Xpdfreader

References (2)

Vendor Advisory https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=605
Vendor Advisory https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=605
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal