UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20551

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-20551
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20551.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20551
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Published
2018-12-28T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:45:07Z
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
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / poppler

Package

Name
poppler
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/poppler@0.41.0-0ubuntu1.12?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.41.0-0ubuntu1.12

Affected versions

0.*

0.33.0-0ubuntu3
0.37.0-0ubuntu1
0.38.0-0ubuntu1
0.41.0-0ubuntu1
0.41.0-0ubuntu1.1
0.41.0-0ubuntu1.2
0.41.0-0ubuntu1.3
0.41.0-0ubuntu1.4
0.41.0-0ubuntu1.5
0.41.0-0ubuntu1.6
0.41.0-0ubuntu1.7
0.41.0-0ubuntu1.8
0.41.0-0ubuntu1.9
0.41.0-0ubuntu1.10
0.41.0-0ubuntu1.11

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.12",
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-poppler-0.18"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.12",
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-cpp-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.12",
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-cpp0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.12",
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.12",
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-glib-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.12",
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-glib8"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.12",
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-private-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.12",
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt4-4"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.12",
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt4-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.12",
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt5-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.12",
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt5-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.12",
            "binary_name": "libpoppler58"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.12",
            "binary_name": "poppler-utils"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / poppler

Package

Name
poppler
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/poppler@0.62.0-2ubuntu2.7?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.62.0-2ubuntu2.7

Affected versions

0.*

0.57.0-2ubuntu4
0.57.0-2ubuntu5
0.62.0-1ubuntu1
0.62.0-2ubuntu1
0.62.0-2ubuntu2
0.62.0-2ubuntu2.1
0.62.0-2ubuntu2.2
0.62.0-2ubuntu2.4
0.62.0-2ubuntu2.5
0.62.0-2ubuntu2.6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.7",
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-poppler-0.18"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.7",
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-cpp-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.7",
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-cpp0v5"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.7",
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.7",
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-glib-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.7",
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-glib8"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.7",
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-private-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.7",
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt5-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.7",
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt5-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.7",
            "binary_name": "libpoppler73"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.7",
            "binary_name": "poppler-utils"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}