VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-20662
In Poppler 0.72.0, PDFDoc::setup in PDFDoc.cc allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service (application crash caused by Object.h SIGABRT, because of a wrong return value from PDFDoc::setup) by crafting a PDF file in which an xref data structure is…
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 2.26%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.26%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In Poppler 0.72.0, PDFDoc::setup in PDFDoc.cc allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service (application crash caused by Object.h SIGABRT, because of a wrong return value from PDFDoc::setup) by crafting a PDF file in which an xref data structure is mishandled during extractPDFSubtype processing.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.26% probability · 82th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- freedesktop/poppler · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora · canonical/ubuntu linux · redhat/enterprise linux · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux eus · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux server aus · redhat/enterprise linux server tus · redhat/enterprise linux workstation
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2022Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2713Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/9fd5ec0e6e5f763b190f2a55ceb5427cfe851d5fPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/706Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00008.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00014.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6OSCOYM3AMFFBJWSBWY6VJVLNE5JD7YS/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BI7NLDN2HUEU4ZW3D7XPHOAEGT2CKDRO/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JQ6RABASMSIMMWMDZTP6ZWUWZPTBSVB5/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZWP5XSUG6GNRI75NYKF53KIB2CZY6QQ6/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4042-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2022Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2713Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/9fd5ec0e6e5f763b190f2a55ceb5427cfe851d5fPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/706Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00008.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00014.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6OSCOYM3AMFFBJWSBWY6VJVLNE5JD7YS/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BI7NLDN2HUEU4ZW3D7XPHOAEGT2CKDRO/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JQ6RABASMSIMMWMDZTP6ZWUWZPTBSVB5/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZWP5XSUG6GNRI75NYKF53KIB2CZY6QQ6/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4042-1/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.