| Name | CVE-2018-18651 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| xpdf (PTS) | bullseye | 3.04+git20210103-3 | fixed |
| bookworm | 3.04+git20220601-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 3.04+git20240613-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| xpdf | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- xpdf <not-affected> (xpdf in Debian uses poppler, which is not affected or fixed)