CVE-2018-20551
N/A
Published: December 28, 2018 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:53 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxPoppler
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
A reachable Object::getString assertion in Poppler 0.72.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service due to construction of invalid rich media annotation assets in the AnnotRichMedia class in Annot.c.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2713x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/703x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/merge_requests/146Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3886-1/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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