NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting poppler-qt package, versions <0:0.26.5-20.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.44% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-POPPLERQT-1670572
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed6 May 2018

Introduced: 6 May 2018

CVE-2018-10768  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 poppler-qt to version 0:0.26.5-20.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2019-1217.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream poppler-qt package and not the poppler-qt package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

There is a NULL pointer dereference in the AnnotPath::getCoordsLength function in Annot.h in an Ubuntu package for Poppler 0.24.5. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack. Later Ubuntu packages such as for Poppler 0.41.0 are not affected.