NULL Pointer Dereference The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package poppler  (opens in a new tab)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-UBUNTU1404-POPPLER-649949
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed18 Oct 2018

Introduced: 18 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-18459  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:14.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream poppler package and not the poppler package as distributed by Ubuntu.

The function DCTStream::getBlock in Stream.cc in Xpdf 4.00 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted pdf file, as demonstrated by pdftoppm.