VulnerabilityAnalyzed

CVE-2018-25306

PDFunite 0.41.0 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by processing malformed PDF files during merge operations.

MEDIUM 6.9EPSS 0.18%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.18%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

PDFunite 0.41.0 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by processing malformed PDF files during merge operations. Attackers can trigger a segmentation fault in the XRef::getEntry function within libpoppler by providing a specially crafted PDF file to the pdfunite utility.

CVSS 4.0: 6.9 MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
EPSS: 0.18% probability · 7th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-120
Affected: canonical/pdfunite
Source: disclosure@vulncheck.com

References

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.57.0-2ubuntu4.2Product
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/artful/+package/poppler-utilsProduct
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44490Exploit, VDB Entry
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pdfunite-buffer-overflow-via-malformed-pdfThird Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.