Access of Uninitialized Pointer Affecting poppler package, versions <0:20.11.0-2.el8
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0.31% (71st
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-POPPLER-2111238
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 22 Mar 2019
Introduced: 22 Mar 2019
CVE-2020-27778 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:8 poppler to version 0:20.11.0-2.el8 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 flaw was found in Poppler in the way certain PDF files were converted into HTML. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw by providing a malicious PDF file that, when processed by the 'pdftohtml' program, would crash the application causing a denial of service.
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