CVE-2018-7174
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-02-15 21:00
Modified
2024-09-17 00:21
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=605Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=605Vendor Advisory
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