CVE-2018-18459 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The function DCTStream::getBlock in Stream.cc in Xpdf 4.00 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted pdf file, as demonstrated by pdftoppm.

Published: 2018-10-18

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:xpdfreader:xpdf:4.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-10187	The function DCTStream::getBlock in Stream.cc in Xpdf 4.00 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted pdf file, as demonstrated by pdftoppm.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00215.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41217
https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/xpdf/2018_10_16/pdftoppm

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Xpdfreader Xpdf

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-10-18T06:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T11:08:21.900Z

Reserved: 2018-10-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-18459

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-10-18T06:29:00.917

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:55:58.757

Link: CVE-2018-18459

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-476

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