CVE-2018-7453

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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 5.5 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2018-02-24

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-835

Affected products

• Xpdf (Xpdfreader)

References

• https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?p=814#p814