Uncontrolled recursion in Poppler - CVE-2017-18267
Published: May 21, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU12892
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-18267
CWE-ID: CWE-674
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Freedesktop.org
Affected software:
Poppler
Poppler
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the FoFiType1C::cvtGlyph function in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc due to infinite recursion. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted PDF file and cause the service to crash.
The weakness exists in the FoFiType1C::cvtGlyph function in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc due to infinite recursion. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted PDF file and cause the service to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-18267
Install update from vendor's website.