Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 6, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-16646
CVE-2018-16646
Description
In Poppler 0.68.0, the Parser::getObj() function in Parser.cc may cause infinite recursion via a crafted file. A remote attacker can leverage this for a DoS attack.
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Affected products
19- Range: =0.68.0
- osv-coords18 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/poppler&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%206pkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/poppler-qt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/poppler-qt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/poppler-qt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5
< 0.62.0-4.6.1+ 17 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0.62.0-4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.62.0-4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.62.0-4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.62.0-4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.62.0-4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.62.0-4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.43.0-16.25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.62.0-4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.62.0-4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.62.0-4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.43.0-16.25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.62.0-4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.62.0-4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.24.4-14.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.62.0-4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.43.0-16.25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.43.0-16.25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.43.0-16.25.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00024.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00040.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00004.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3837-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3837-2/nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2022nvd
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00018.htmlnvd
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