DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7453

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-7453
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7453.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7453
Upstream
Published
2018-02-24T06:29:00.443Z
Modified
2026-04-28T20:19:33.353020Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / xpdf

Package

Name
xpdf
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xpdf?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.04+git20210103-3
3.04+git20211001-1
3.04+git20211021-1
3.04+git20220201-1
3.04+git20220601-1
3.04+git20231213-1
3.04+git20240118-1
3.04+git20240124-1
3.04+git20240202-1
3.04+git20240613-1
3.04+git20250103-1
3.04+git20250304-1
3.04+git20260220-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7453.json"

Debian:12 / xpdf

Package

Name
xpdf
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xpdf?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.04+git20220601-1
3.04+git20231213-1
3.04+git20240118-1
3.04+git20240124-1
3.04+git20240202-1
3.04+git20240613-1
3.04+git20250103-1
3.04+git20250304-1
3.04+git20260220-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7453.json"

Debian:13 / xpdf

Package

Name
xpdf
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xpdf?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.04+git20250304-1
3.04+git20260220-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7453.json"

Debian:14 / xpdf

Package

Name
xpdf
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xpdf?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.04+git20250304-1
3.04+git20260220-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7453.json"