UBUNTU-CVE-2018-8103

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-8103

    Published: 14 Mar 2018Last Modified: 20 May 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-8103

    Summary:

    Details: The JBIG2Stream::readGenericBitmap function in JBIG2Stream.cc in xpdf 4.00 allows attackers to launch denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a specific pdf file, as demonstrated by pdftohtml.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-8103, https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=654&p=819#p819, https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=652, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-8103

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ipe

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/ipe?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    7.1.4-2.1
    7.1.8-1
    7.1.10-1
    7.1.10-1.1

    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