Improper Input Validation Affecting poppler-qt5-devel package, versions <0:0.66.0-11.el8_0.12


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.02% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-POPPLERQT5DEVEL-2541953
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed28 Dec 2018

Introduced: 28 Dec 2018

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 poppler-qt5-devel to version 0:0.66.0-11.el8_0.12 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2019-2713.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream poppler-qt5-devel package and not the poppler-qt5-devel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle: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.