Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2018-7174 (CCN-139244)

Assigned:2018-02-11
Published:2018-02-11
Updated:2019-10-03
Summary:An issue was discovered in xpdf 4.00. An infinite loop in XRef::Xref allows an attacker to cause denial of service because loop detection exists only for tables, not streams.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.5 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
4.9 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
5.5 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
4.9 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:4.3 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
4.6 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-835
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2018-7174

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
xpdf-cve20187174-dos(139244)

Source: CCN
Type: xpdf Web site
[xpdf 4.00] infinite loop in XRef:XRef when dealing with readXRef

Source: MISC
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=605

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2018-7174

Source: CCN
Type: Xpdf Web site
Xpdf

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:xpdfreader:xpdf:4.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:xpdfreader:xpdf:4.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201871740000000
    V
    		CVE-2018-7174 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
    2018-02-15
    oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20187174000
    V
    		CVE-2018-7174 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - low.
    2018-02-15
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20187174000
    V
    		CVE-2018-7174 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
    2018-02-15
    oval:com.ubuntu.disco:def:201871740000000
    V
    		CVE-2018-7174 on Ubuntu 19.04 (disco) - low.
    2018-02-15
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20187174000
    V
    		CVE-2018-7174 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.
    2018-02-15
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201871740000000
    V
    		CVE-2018-7174 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - low.
    2018-02-15
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:20187174000
    V
    		CVE-2018-7174 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - low.
    2018-02-15
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201871740000000
    V
    		CVE-2018-7174 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.
    2018-02-15
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20187174000
    V
    		CVE-2018-7174 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - low.
    2018-02-15
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