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CVE-2018-7174

Published: 15 February 2018

An issue was discovered in xpdf 4.00. An infinite loop in XRef::Xref allows an attacker to cause denial of service because loop detection exists only for tables, not streams.

Notes

AuthorNote
jdstrand
xpdf in koffice is 2.0
mdeslaur
poppler doesn't have a while in that section of code, doesn't
look affected

Priority

Negligible

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
ipe
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Needs triage

cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Ignored
(end of life)
focal Needs triage

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was needs-triage)
groovy Ignored
(end of life)
kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
jammy Needs triage

impish Ignored
(end of life)
xenial Needs triage

hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
upstream Needs triage

mantic Needs triage

lunar Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
poppler
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
impish Not vulnerable
(0.62.0-1ubuntu1)
groovy Not vulnerable
(0.62.0-1ubuntu1)
jammy Not vulnerable
(0.62.0-1ubuntu1)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(0.62.0-1ubuntu1)
lunar Not vulnerable
(0.62.0-1ubuntu1)
artful Not vulnerable
(0.57.0-2ubuntu4.2)
bionic Not vulnerable
(0.62.0-1ubuntu1)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(0.62.0-1ubuntu1)
disco Not vulnerable
(0.62.0-1ubuntu1)
eoan Not vulnerable
(0.62.0-1ubuntu1)
focal Not vulnerable
(0.62.0-1ubuntu1)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(0.62.0-1ubuntu1)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [0.24.5-2ubuntu4.9])
upstream Needs triage

xenial Not vulnerable
(0.41.0-0ubuntu1.6)
mantic Not vulnerable
(0.62.0-1ubuntu1)
libextractor
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty Not vulnerable
(does not use xpdf anymore)
groovy Ignored
(end of life)
impish Ignored
(end of life)
xenial Not vulnerable
(does not use xpdf anymore)
bionic Not vulnerable
(does not use xpdf anymore)
focal Not vulnerable
(does not use xpdf anymore)
jammy Not vulnerable
(does not use xpdf anymore)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(does not use xpdf anymore)
lunar Not vulnerable
(does not use xpdf anymore)
artful Ignored
(end of life)
cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Ignored
(end of life)
hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
upstream Needs triage

mantic Not vulnerable
(does not use xpdf anymore)
xpdf
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
groovy Does not exist

kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
jammy Needed

impish Ignored
(end of life)
xenial Needed

artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Needed

cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Ignored
(end of life)
focal Does not exist

hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was needs-triage)
upstream Deferred

mantic Needed

lunar Ignored
(end of life, was needed)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H