Bug 1646459 (CVE-2018-18651) - CVE-2018-18651 xpdf: large loop catalog->getNumPages() in AcroForm.cc
Summary: CVE-2018-18651 xpdf: large loop catalog->getNumPages() in AcroForm.cc
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2018-18651
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1646460 1646461
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-11-05 15:10 UTC by Laura Pardo
Modified: 2021-12-10 18:09 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-06-10 10:41:59 UTC
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Description Laura Pardo 2018-11-05 15:10:36 UTC 
An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.00. A hang caused by large loop catalog->getNumPages() in AcroForm.cc allows attackers to launch a denial of service via a specific pdf file. This is mainly caused by a large number after the /Count field in the file. 


References:
https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41219&p=41747#p41747
Comment 1 Laura Pardo 2018-11-05 15:11:15 UTC 
Created xpdf tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1646461]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1646460]
Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-10 10:41:59 UTC 
This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.
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