CVE-2018-7453

MEDIUM

Xpdf - Infinite Loop

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

Infinite recursion in AcroForm::scanField in AcroForm.cc in xpdf 4.00 allows attackers to launch denial of service via a specific pdf file due to lack of loop checking, as demonstrated by pdftohtml.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?p=814#p814

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0044
EPSS Percentile 63.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-835
Status published
Products (1)
xpdfreader/xpdf 4.00
Published Feb 24, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026