NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting poppler package, versions <0.71.0-2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.28% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-POPPLER-1557190
  • published2 Dec 2018
  • disclosed10 Nov 2018

Introduced: 10 Nov 2018

CVE-2018-19149  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 poppler to version 0.71.0-2 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

Poppler before 0.70.0 has a NULL pointer dereference in _poppler_attachment_new when called from poppler_annot_file_attachment_get_attachment.