DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20481

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-20481
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20481.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20481
Upstream
Published
2018-12-26T04:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-25T22:40:32Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / poppler

Package

Name
poppler
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/poppler?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.71.0-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / poppler

Package

Name
poppler
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/poppler?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.71.0-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / poppler

Package

Name
poppler
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/poppler?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.71.0-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:14 / poppler

Package

Name
poppler
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/poppler?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.71.0-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}