CVE-2018-20662

moderate-risk
Published 2019-01-03

In Poppler 0.72.0, PDFDoc::setup in PDFDoc.cc allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service (application crash caused by Object.h SIGABRT, because of a wrong return value from PDFDoc::setup) by crafting a PDF file in which an xref data structure is mishandled during extractPDFSubtype processing.

Do I need to act?

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0.59% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 6.5/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

References (22)

Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/4042-1/
and 2 more references
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal
Exposure 21/34 · High