NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting evince-dvi package, versions <0:3.28.2-8.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.86% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-EVINCEDVI-8008289
  • published17 Sept 2024
  • disclosed20 Dec 2018

Introduced: 20 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-20481  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 evince-dvi to version 0:3.28.2-8.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:2022.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream evince-dvi package and not the evince-dvi package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

XRef::getEntry in XRef.cc in Poppler 0.72.0 mishandles unallocated XRef entries, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted PDF document, when XRefEntry::setFlag in XRef.h is called from Parser::makeStream in Parser.cc.