CVE-2018-16646

MEDIUM

Poppler 0.68.0 - Use After Free

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1622951
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00040.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00024.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-2/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00004.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-1/
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2022
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00018.html

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0205
EPSS Percentile 84.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-835
Status published
Products (6)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.10
debian/debian_linux 8.0
freedesktop/poppler 0.68.0
Published Sep 06, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026