Out-of-bounds Read The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package poppler  (opens in a new tab)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-UBUNTU2010-POPPLER-1032391
  • published18 Oct 2018
  • disclosed18 Oct 2018

Introduced: 18 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-18455  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:20.10.

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 GfxImageColorMap class in GfxState.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.