Description
XRef::getEntry in XRef.cc in Poppler 0.72.0 mishandles unallocated XRef entries, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted PDF document, when XRefEntry::setFlag in XRef.h is called from Parser::makeStream in Parser.cc.
Published: 2018-12-26
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: 1.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1706-1 poppler security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2287-1 poppler security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-13035 XRef::getEntry in XRef.cc in Poppler 0.72.0 mishandles unallocated XRef entries, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted PDF document, when XRefEntry::setFlag in XRef.h is called from Parser::makeStream in Parser.cc.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3865-1 poppler vulnerabilities
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Freedesktop Poppler
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T12:05:16.857Z

Reserved: 2018-12-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-20481

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Status : Modified

Published: 2018-12-26T04:29:00.267

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:01:34.173

Link: CVE-2018-20481

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Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2018-12-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-20481 - Bugzilla

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