Description
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.
Published: 2019-01-03
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1706-1 poppler security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2440-1 poppler security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-13213 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4042-1 poppler vulnerabilities
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00481}

epss

{'score': 0.00468}


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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Fedoraproject Fedora
Freedesktop Poppler
Redhat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Desktop Enterprise Linux Eus Enterprise Linux Server Enterprise Linux Server Aus Enterprise Linux Server Tus Enterprise Linux Workstation
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T12:05:17.635Z

Reserved: 2019-01-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-20662

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-01-03T13:29:00.237

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:01:57.143

Link: CVE-2018-20662

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2018-12-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-20662 - Bugzilla

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