Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 18, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-18458

Description

The function DCTStream::decodeImage 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/Xpdfinferred3 versions
= 4.00+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: = 4.00
- cpe:2.3:a:xpdfreader:xpdf:4.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <4.00

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.phpnvdThird Party Advisory
github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/xpdf/2018_10_16/pdftoppmnvdThird Party Advisory

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