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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 25, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-18651

CVE-2018-18651

Description

An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.00. catalog->getNumPages() in AcroForm.cc allows attackers to launch a denial of service (hang caused by large loop) via a specific pdf file, as demonstrated by pdftohtml. This is mainly caused by a large number after the /Count field in the file.

Affected products

3
  • Xpdf/Xpdfinferred3 versions
    = 4.00+ 2 more
    • (no CPE)range: = 4.00
    • cpe:2.3:a:xpdfreader:xpdf:4.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: =4.00

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

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