CVE-2018-7453

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Recursión infinita en AcroForm::scanField en AcroForm.cc en xpdf 4.00 permite que atacantes inicien una denegación de servicio (DoS) mediante un archivo pdf específico debido a la falta de comprobación de bucles, tal y como demuestra pdftohtml.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2018-02-23 CVE Reserved
2018-02-24 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2024-11-06 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?p=814#p814	2019-10-03

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Xpdfreader Search vendor "Xpdfreader"		Xpdf Search vendor "Xpdfreader" for product "Xpdf"				4.00 Search vendor "Xpdfreader" for product "Xpdf" and version "4.00"		-		Affected