CVE-2018-7174

5.5 mediumEPSS 0.8%

Medium (5.5) in xpdfreader xpdf. EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

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

EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 57% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-835
Published: 2018-02-15
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

xpdfreader:xpdf

References

https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=605
https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=605

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