An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.00. XRef::readXRefStream in XRef.cc allows attackers to launch a denial of service (Integer Overflow) via a crafted /Size value in a pdf file, as demonstrated by pdftohtml. This is mainly caused by the program attempting a malloc operation for a large amount of memory.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-10366 An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.00. XRef::readXRefStream in XRef.cc allows attackers to launch a denial of service (Integer Overflow) via a crafted /Size value in a pdf file, as demonstrated by pdftohtml. This is mainly caused by the program attempting a malloc operation for a large amount of memory.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-17T04:09:01.509Z

Reserved: 2018-10-25T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2018-18650

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-10-25T13:29:00.237

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:56:18.357

Link: CVE-2018-18650

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