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CVE-2018-20662

In Poppler 0.72.0, PDFDoc::setup in PDFDoc.cc allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service (application crash caused by

In Poppler 0.72.0, PDFDoc::setup in PDFDoc.cc allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service (application crash caused by Object.h SIGABRT, because of a wrong return value from PDFDoc::setup) by crafting a PDF file in which an xref data structure is mishandled during extractPDFSubtype processing.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 0.0059
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Weakness Classification

CWE-20Improper Input Validation
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Affected Products & Versions

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freedesktop popplerall versions
debian linuxall versions
fedoraproject fedoraall versions
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
redhat enterprise linuxall versions
redhat enterprise linux desktopall versions
redhat enterprise linux eusall versions
redhat enterprise linux serverall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

6.5
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD03 Jan 2019 · 01:29 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Vendor Advisories

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suse-csafSUSE-SU-2023:4941-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2023:4942-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2023:4690-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2023:3998-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2023:3981-1
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/9fd5ec0e6e5f763b190f2a55ceb5427cfe851d5fPatchThird Party Advisory
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/706Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00008.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00014.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6OSCOYM3AMFFBJWSBWY6VJVLNE5JD7YS/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BI7NLDN2HUEU4ZW3D7XPHOAEGT2CKDRO/
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