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CVE-2018-20481
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-12-26T04:29:00.267 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:52:56.367

Summary

XRef::getEntry in XRef.cc in Poppler 0.72.0 mishandles unallocated XRef entries, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted PDF document, when XRefEntry::setFlag in XRef.h is called from Parser::makeStream in Parser.cc.

Affected products

freedesktop — poppler

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References

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