Medium severity6.2NVD Advisory· Published Apr 29, 2026· Updated May 5, 2026
CVE-2018-25306
CVE-2018-25306
Description
PDFunite 0.41.0 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by processing malformed PDF files during merge operations. Attackers can trigger a segmentation fault in the XRef::getEntry function within libpoppler by providing a specially crafted PDF file to the pdfunite utility.
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References
4- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44490nvdExploitVDB Entry
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pdfunite-buffer-overflow-via-malformed-pdfnvdThird Party Advisory
- launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.57.0-2ubuntu4.2nvdProduct
- launchpad.net/ubuntu/artful/+package/poppler-utilsnvdProduct
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