NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting poppler-utils package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.8% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS6-POPPLERUTILS-1999012
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 20 Dec 2018

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 poppler-utils.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream poppler-utils package and not the poppler-utils package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.