Medium severity6.5OSV Advisory· Published Dec 26, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-20481
CVE-2018-20481
Description
XRef::getEntry in XRef.cc in Poppler 0.72.0 mishandles unallocated XRef entries, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted PDF document, when XRefEntry::setFlag in XRef.h is called from Parser::makeStream in Parser.cc.
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Affected products
26=0.72.0+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: =0.72.0
- (no CPE)range: poppler-0.10.0, poppler-0.11.0, poppler-0.11.1, …
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords18 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/poppler&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%206pkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/poppler-qt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/poppler-qt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/poppler-qt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2015%20SP2
< 0.62.0-4.6.1+ 17 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0.62.0-4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.43.0-16.25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.62.0-4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.62.0-4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.62.0-4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.62.0-4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.62.0-4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.62.0-4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.62.0-4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.62.0-4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.62.0-4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.62.0-4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.43.0-16.25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.24.4-14.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.43.0-16.25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.43.0-16.25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.43.0-16.25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.62.0-4.6.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/merge_requests/143nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/692nvdExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/106321nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00008.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3865-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2022nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2713nvd
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00018.htmlnvd
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