Denial of Service Vulnerability in xpdf 4.00: Infinite Recursion in AcroForm::scanField

CVE-2018-7453 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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.

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