Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 25, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-18650
CVE-2018-18650
Description
An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.00. XRef::readXRefStream in XRef.cc allows attackers to launch a denial of service (Integer Overflow) via a crafted /Size value in a pdf file, as demonstrated by pdftohtml. This is mainly caused by the program attempting a malloc operation for a large amount of memory.
Affected products
2- Range: = 4.00
- Range: =4.00
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.phpnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/152006nvdThird Party Advisory
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