Medium 6.5Published Sep 6, 2018

CVE-2018-16646In Poppler 0.68.0, the Parser::getObj() function in Parser.cc may cause infinite recursion via a crafted file.

Updated under an hour ago (Nov 2, 2026, 12:10 AM ET)

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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.

CVSS: 6.5 MEDIUM (v3.0, NVD)CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-835
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

freedesktop poppler freedesktop:poppler	0.68.0	NVD
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux	8.0	NVD
canonical ubuntu_linux canonical:ubuntu_linux	14.04; 16.04; 18.04; 18.10	NVD

References

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2022
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1622951	exploit, issue-tracking, patch, third-party-advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00024.html	mailing-list, third-party-advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00040.html	mailing-list, third-party-advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00004.html	mailing-list, third-party-advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00018.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-1/	third-party-advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-2/	third-party-advisory

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