NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting poppler package, versions <0.24.5-2ubuntu4.11


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.35% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-POPPLER-426530
  • published6 May 2018
  • disclosed6 May 2018

Introduced: 6 May 2018

CVE-2018-10768  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 poppler to version 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.11 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

There is a NULL pointer dereference in the AnnotPath::getCoordsLength function in Annot.h in an Ubuntu package for Poppler 0.24.5. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack. Later Ubuntu packages such as for Poppler 0.41.0 are not affected.