CVE-2018-7453 (NVD)

2018-02-24

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.

Products Xpdf
Type Resource Management Errors (CWE-399)
First patch - None (likely due to unavailable code)
Links https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?p=814#p814