Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package poppler  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-POPPLER-10078176
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed28 Dec 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 28 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-20551  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

This was deemed not a vulnerability.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. 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.