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FKIE_CVE-2018-16646

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-09-06 23:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:44
Summary
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
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2022
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1622951Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00024.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00040.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00018.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-1/Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-2/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2022
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1622951Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00024.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00040.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00018.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-1/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-2/Third Party Advisory
Impacted products

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