CVE-2018-20481
N/A
Published: December 26, 2018 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:52 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxPoppler
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (8)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106321Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2022Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2713x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/692x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/merge_requests/143Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00008.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00018.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3865-1/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476
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