CVE-2018-16646

NameCVE-2018-16646
DescriptionIn 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1562-1, DLA-1562-2, DLA-1562-3, DLA-2287-1
Debian Bugs909802

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
poppler (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)0.26.5-2+deb8u16fixed
stretch (security)0.48.0-2+deb9u4fixed
stretch (lts), stretch0.48.0-2+deb9u6fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)0.71.0-5+deb10u3fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye20.09.0-3.1+deb11u1fixed
bookworm22.12.0-2fixed
sid, trixie24.08.0-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
popplersourcewheezy(unfixed)end-of-life
popplersourcejessie0.26.5-2+deb8u7DLA-1562-3
popplersourcestretch0.48.0-2+deb9u3DLA-2287-1
popplersource(unstable)0.71.0-4low909802

Notes

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1622951
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/merge_requests/91
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/3d35d209c19c1d3b09b794a0c863ba5de44a9c0a
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/89fccf45fc5bfca3756102e6bec1950ec1d436a9 (regression fix)
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/08572e1bdca03baed694dd9828bb2b878865e669 (regression fix)

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