CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-16088

Uncontrolled Recursion

Published: Sep 06, 2019 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Xpdf 3.04 has a SIGSEGV in XRef::fetch in XRef.cc after many recursive calls to Catalog::countPageTree in Catalog.cc.

Weakness

The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
XpdfreaderGlyphandcog3.04 (including)3.04 (including)
IpeUbuntubionic*
IpeUbuntudisco*
IpeUbuntueoan*
IpeUbuntufocal*
IpeUbuntugroovy*
IpeUbuntuhirsute*
IpeUbuntuimpish*
IpeUbuntukinetic*
IpeUbuntulunar*
IpeUbuntumantic*
IpeUbuntuoracular*
IpeUbuntuplucky*
IpeUbuntutrusty*
IpeUbuntuxenial*
PopplerUbuntutrusty*
XpdfUbuntudisco*
XpdfUbuntueoan*
XpdfUbuntuhirsute*
XpdfUbuntuimpish*
XpdfUbuntutrusty*
XpdfUbuntuxenial*

Potential Mitigations

References