CVE-2018-10768 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Poppler

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference9 documents8 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV5.5
EPSS
1.9%
top 16.95%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
7
Freedesktop PopplerCanonical Ubuntu LinuxDebian Linux+4 more
Timeline
PublishedMay 6
Latest updateMay 14

Description

There is a NULL pointer dereference in the AnnotPath::getCoordsLength function in Annot.h in an Ubuntu package for Poppler 0.24.5. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack. Later Ubuntu packages such as for Poppler 0.41.0 are not affected.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages7 packages

▶NVDfreedesktop/poppler< 0.41.0
▶Debianfreedesktop/poppler< 0.38.0-2+3
▶Ubuntufreedesktop/poppler< 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.11+2

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 14.04, Debian Linux 8.0

Patches

Patch: bugs.freedesktop.org ↗Patch: bugs.freedesktop.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-vj6w-p4m3-pj3w: There is a NULL pointer dereference in the AnnotPath::getCoordsLength function in Annot↗2022-05-14
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OSV
poppler vulnerabilities↗2018-05-15
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CVEList
CVE-2018-10768: There is a NULL pointer dereference in the AnnotPath::getCoordsLength function in Annot↗2018-05-06
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OSV
CVE-2018-10768: There is a NULL pointer dereference in the AnnotPath::getCoordsLength function in Annot↗2018-05-06
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
poppler vulnerabilities↗2018-05-15
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Red Hat
poppler: NULL pointer dereference in Annot.h:AnnotPath::getCoordsLength() allows for denial of service via crafted PDF↗2018-05-05
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Debian
CVE-2018-10768: poppler - There is a NULL pointer dereference in the AnnotPath::getCoordsLength function i...↗2018
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-10768 poppler: NULL pointer dereference in Annot.h:AnnotPath::getCoordsLength() allows for denial of service via crafted PDF↗2018-05-09
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