An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.00. catalog->getNumPages() in AcroForm.cc allows attackers to launch a denial of service (hang caused by large loop) via a specific pdf file, as demonstrated by pdftohtml. This is mainly caused by a large number after the /Count field in the file.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-10-25T13:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T22:19:56.190Z

Reserved: 2018-10-25T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2018-18651

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2018-10-25T13:29:00.347

Modified: 2019-10-03T00:03:26.223

Link: CVE-2018-18651

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