Reachable Assertion Affecting poppler package, versions <0:0.66.0-11.el8_0.12


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.31% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-POPPLER-1990568
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed26 Dec 2018

Introduced: 26 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-20551  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-617  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 poppler to version 0:0.66.0-11.el8_0.12 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream poppler package and not the poppler package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A reachable Object::getString assertion in Poppler 0.72.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service due to construction of invalid rich media annotation assets in the AnnotRichMedia class in Annot.c.