Back
CVE-2018-20481
XRef::getEntry in XRef.cc in Poppler 0.72.0 mishandles unallocated XRef entries, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…
Medium6.5EPSS 3.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
XRef::getEntry in XRef.cc in Poppler 0.72.0 mishandles unallocated XRef entries, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted PDF document, when XRefEntry::setFlag in XRef.h is called from Parser::makeStream in Parser.cc.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.3% · top 11% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
Loading the EPSS history…
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/692 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/merge_requests/143 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- USN-3865-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190308 [SECURITY] [DLA 1706-1] poppler security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 106321 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:2022 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:2713 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200723 [SECURITY] [DLA 2287-1] poppler security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2018-20481)Record last updated .