CVE-2018-16646

Publication date 6 September 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
poppler 18.10 cosmic
Fixed 0.68.0-0ubuntu1.2
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.4
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.9
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.13

Patch details

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Package Patch details
poppler

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

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