Out-of-bounds Read The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package xpdf  (opens in a new tab)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-533521
  • published25 Sept 2018
  • disclosed3 Sept 2018

Introduced: 3 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-16368  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (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.

SplashXPath::strokeAdjust in splash/SplashXPath.cc in Xpdf 4.00 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted pdf file, as demonstrated by pdftoppm.