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CVE-2018-20551
A reachable Object::getString assertion in Poppler 0.72.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service due to construction of invalid…
Medium6.5EPSS 1.9%
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- mitre
Description
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.
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)
- 1.9% · top 20% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (4)
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/merge_requests/146 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- USN-3886-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/703 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:2713 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
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