CVE-2018-25306
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.
Published:Apr 29, 2026
Last Modified:May 5, 2026
EPS:Apr 29, 2026
EPSS Score:0.00015
CVSS Score:6.2
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Canonical
Product
Pdfunite
Canonical
Pdfunite
Vendor
Poppler-utils
Product
Pdfunite
Poppler-utils
Pdfunite
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
