VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-19060
There is a NULL pointer dereference in goo/GooString.h, will lead to denial of service, as demonstrated by utils/pdfdetach.cc not validating a filename of an embedded file before constructing a save path.
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 1.74%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.74%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
An issue was discovered in Poppler 0.71.0. There is a NULL pointer dereference in goo/GooString.h, will lead to denial of service, as demonstrated by utils/pdfdetach.cc not validating a filename of an embedded file before constructing a save path.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.74% probability · 76th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- freedesktop/poppler · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2022
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/660Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2022
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/660Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-1/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.