UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20551

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20551

    Published: 28 Dec 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-20551
    Aliases:
    USN-3886-1

    Summary:

    Details: A reachable Object::getString assertion in Poppler 0.72.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service due to construction of invalid rich media annotation assets in the AnnotRichMedia class in Annot.c.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-20551, https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/703, https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/merge_requests/146, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3886-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20551

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: poppler

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.41.0-0ubuntu1.12

    Affected versions

    0.33.0-0ubuntu3

    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
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High