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Medium
CVE-2018-20662
In Poppler 0.72.0, PDFDoc::setup in PDFDoc.cc allows attackers to cause...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/706
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00008.html
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/9fd5ec0e6e5f763b190f2a55ceb5427cfe851d5f
- 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://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6OSCOYM3AMFFBJWSBWY6VJVLNE5JD7YS/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4042-1/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2022
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2713
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00014.html
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
poppler, debian linux, fedora, ubuntu linux, enterprise linux, enterprise linux desktop, enterprise linux eus, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux server aus, enterprise linux server tus, enterprise linux workstation
Vulnerable Versions:
0.72.0, 8.0, 9.0, 28, 29, 30, 16.04, 18.04, 18.10, 19.04, 7.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.4, 8.6
Timeline
Official Publish:
January 3rd, 2019
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.