Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 18, 2018· Updated Aug 5, 2024

CVE-2018-18457

Description

The function DCTStream::readScan 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.

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Affected products

Xpdf/Xpdfinferred2 versions
= 4.00+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: = 4.00
- (no CPE)range: 4.00

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.phpmitrex_refsource_MISC
github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/xpdf/2018_10_16/pdftoppmmitrex_refsource_MISC

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