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    CVE-2018-13988

    Poppler through 0.62 contains an out of bounds read vulnerability due to an incorrect memory access that is not mapped in its memory space, as demonstrated by pdfunite. This can result in memory corruption and denial of service. This may be exploitable when a victim opens a specially crafted PDF file.

    Published:Jul 23, 2018
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Jul 25, 2018
    EPSS Score:0.00538
    CVSS Score:6.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Freedesktop
    Product
    Poppler
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Ansible Tower
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Desktop
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Server
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Workstation
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Openshift Container Platform

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-540 Overread Buffers

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    References

    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/148661/PDFunite-0.62.0-Buffer-Overflow.html
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3140
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505
    https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-13988
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1602838
    https://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=004e3c10df0abda214f0c293f9e269fdd979c5ee
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00024.html
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/3757-1/
    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/148661/PDFunite-0.62.0-Buffer-Overflow.html
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3140
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505
    https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-13988
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1602838
    https://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=004e3c10df0abda214f0c293f9e269fdd979c5ee
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00024.html
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/3757-1/

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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