USN-3865-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3865-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3865-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-3865-1
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Published
2019-01-22T13:58:23.680320Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:46Z
Summary
poppler vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain PDF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-20481, CVE-2018-20650)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / poppler

Package

Name
poppler
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/poppler@0.24.5-2ubuntu4.15?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.24.5-2ubuntu4.15

Affected versions

0.*

0.24.1-0ubuntu1
0.24.3-0ubuntu1
0.24.3-0ubuntu2
0.24.3-0ubuntu3
0.24.3-0ubuntu4
0.24.3-0ubuntu5
0.24.3-0ubuntu6
0.24.3-0ubuntu7
0.24.3-0ubuntu8
0.24.3-0ubuntu10
0.24.3-0ubuntu12
0.24.5-0ubuntu3
0.24.5-2ubuntu1
0.24.5-2ubuntu2
0.24.5-2ubuntu4
0.24.5-2ubuntu4.1
0.24.5-2ubuntu4.2
0.24.5-2ubuntu4.3
0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4
0.24.5-2ubuntu4.5
0.24.5-2ubuntu4.6
0.24.5-2ubuntu4.7
0.24.5-2ubuntu4.8
0.24.5-2ubuntu4.9
0.24.5-2ubuntu4.11
0.24.5-2ubuntu4.12
0.24.5-2ubuntu4.13
0.24.5-2ubuntu4.14

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-poppler-0.18",
            "binary_version": "0.24.5-2ubuntu4.15"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-cpp-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.24.5-2ubuntu4.15"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-cpp0",
            "binary_version": "0.24.5-2ubuntu4.15"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.24.5-2ubuntu4.15"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-glib-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.24.5-2ubuntu4.15"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-glib8",
            "binary_version": "0.24.5-2ubuntu4.15"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-private-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.24.5-2ubuntu4.15"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt4-4",
            "binary_version": "0.24.5-2ubuntu4.15"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt4-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.24.5-2ubuntu4.15"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt5-1",
            "binary_version": "0.24.5-2ubuntu4.15"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt5-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.24.5-2ubuntu4.15"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler44",
            "binary_version": "0.24.5-2ubuntu4.15"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "poppler-utils",
            "binary_version": "0.24.5-2ubuntu4.15"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific 

{
    "cves_map": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "cves": [
            {
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "medium",
                        "type": "Ubuntu"
                    }
                ],
                "id": "CVE-2018-20481"
            },
            {
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "low",
                        "type": "Ubuntu"
                    }
                ],
                "id": "CVE-2018-20650"
            }
        ]
    }
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / poppler

Package

Name
poppler
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/poppler@0.41.0-0ubuntu1.11?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.41.0-0ubuntu1.11

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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-poppler-0.18",
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.11"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-cpp-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.11"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-cpp0",
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.11"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.11"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-glib-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.11"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-glib8",
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.11"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-private-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.11"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt4-4",
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.11"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt4-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.11"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt5-1",
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.11"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt5-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.11"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler58",
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.11"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "poppler-utils",
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.11"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific 

{
    "cves_map": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "cves": [
            {
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "medium",
                        "type": "Ubuntu"
                    }
                ],
                "id": "CVE-2018-20481"
            },
            {
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "low",
                        "type": "Ubuntu"
                    }
                ],
                "id": "CVE-2018-20650"
            }
        ]
    }
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / poppler

Package

Name
poppler
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/poppler@0.62.0-2ubuntu2.6?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.62.0-2ubuntu2.6

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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-poppler-0.18",
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-cpp-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-cpp0v5",
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-glib-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-glib8",
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-private-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt5-1",
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt5-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler73",
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "poppler-utils",
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.6"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific 

{
    "cves_map": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "cves": [
            {
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "medium",
                        "type": "Ubuntu"
                    }
                ],
                "id": "CVE-2018-20481"
            },
            {
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "low",
                        "type": "Ubuntu"
                    }
                ],
                "id": "CVE-2018-20650"
            }
        ]
    }
}