CVE-2018-18651 (NVD)

2018-10-25

An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.00. catalog->getNumPages() in AcroForm.cc allows attackers to launch a denial of service (hang caused by large loop) via a specific pdf file, as demonstrated by pdftohtml. This is mainly caused by a large number after the /Count field in the file.

Products Xpdf
Type Resource Management Errors (CWE-399)
First patch - None (likely due to unavailable code)
Links https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/152005
https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41219&p=41747#p41747