NULL Pointer Dereference The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package xpdf  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1904-XPDF-527678
  • published15 Feb 2018
  • disclosed15 Feb 2018

Introduced: 15 Feb 2018

CVE-2018-7175  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:19.04.

NVD Description

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

An issue was discovered in xpdf 4.00. A NULL pointer dereference in readCodestream allows an attacker to cause denial of service via a JPX image with zero components.