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CVE-2018-16646 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2022	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1622951	CVE	ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00024.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00040.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00004.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00018.html	CVE
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-1/	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-2/	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2022	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1622951	[email protected]	ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00024.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00040.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00004.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00018.html	[email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-1/	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-2/	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-835	Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
freedesktop poppler	0.68.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:0.68.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	8.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux	14.04 16.04 18.04 18.10
CPE cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04::::lts::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

13 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 23, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 3, 2019	CWE Remap	[email protected]
Aug 6, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 5, 2019	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Dec 15, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 12, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 5, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 1, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 1, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 25, 2018	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

CVE-2018-16646 Details

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