Vulnerability Details CVE-2018-20481
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.013
EPSS Ranking 79.1%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 6.5
CVSS v2 Score 4.3
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106321
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2022
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2713
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/692
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/merge_requests/143
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00008.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00018.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3865-1/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106321
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2022
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2713
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/692
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/merge_requests/143
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00008.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00018.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3865-1/
Products affected by CVE-2018-20481
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cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:0.72.0
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0