CVE-2018-7173

Published: Feb 15, 2018Modified: Jun 17, 2026

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

A large loop in JBIG2Stream::readSymbolDictSeg in xpdf 4.00 allows an attacker to cause denial of service via a specific file due to inappropriate decoding.

Affected (1)

Products: Xpdfreader: Xpdf

Xpdfreader

1 product

Xpdf

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Xpdfreader Xpdf	Version 4.00

Related CWEs

CWE-172

Encoding Error

The product does not properly encode or decode the data, resulting in unexpected values.

References (2)

https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=607

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingVendor Advisory

https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=607

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue TrackingVendor Advisory

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