CVE-2018-20551
published 2018-12-28CVE-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 rich media annotation…
PriorityP423medium6.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
EPSS
1.95%
77.8th percentile
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.
Affected
13 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| debian | poppler | < poppler 0.71.0-4 (bookworm) | poppler 0.71.0-4 (bookworm) |
| freedesktop | poppler | — | — |
| freedesktop | poppler | >= 0 < 0.71.0-4 | 0.71.0-4 |
| freedesktop | poppler | >= 0 < 0.71.0-4 | 0.71.0-4 |
| freedesktop | poppler | >= 0 < 0.71.0-4 | 0.71.0-4 |
| freedesktop | poppler | >= 0 < 0.71.0-4 | 0.71.0-4 |
| freedesktop | poppler | >= 0 < 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.16 | 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.16 |
| freedesktop | poppler | >= 0 < 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.12 | 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.12 |
| freedesktop | poppler | >= 0 < 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.7 | 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.7 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.06.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv6.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian6.5LOW
vendor_redhat6.5MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu6.5MEDIUM
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Ubuntu
poppler vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2019-02-11·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-20551 [MEDIUM] poppler vulnerabilities
Title: poppler vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in poppler.
It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain PDF files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2018-20551, CVE-2019-7310)
Instructions: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Red Hat
poppler: reachable Object::getString assertion in AnnotRichMedia class in Annot.c
vendor_redhat·2018-12-26·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-20551 [MEDIUM] CWE-617 poppler: reachable Object::getString assertion in AnnotRichMedia class in Annot.c
poppler: reachable Object::getString assertion in AnnotRichMedia class in Annot.c
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.
Package: poppler (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Not affected
Package: poppler (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Not affected
Package: poppler (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2018-20551: poppler - A reachable Object::getString assertion in Poppler 0.72.0 allows attackers to ca...
vendor_debian·2018·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-20551 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-20551: poppler - A reachable Object::getString assertion in Poppler 0.72.0 allows attackers to ca...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 0.71.0-4)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 0.71.0-4)
forky: resolved (fixed in 0.71.0-4)
sid: resolved (fixed in 0.71.0-4)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 0.71.0-4)
GHSA
GHSA-wv4m-6mw9-cjfg: A reachable Object::getString assertion in Poppler 0
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2018-20551 [MEDIUM] CWE-20 GHSA-wv4m-6mw9-cjfg: A reachable Object::getString assertion in Poppler 0
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.
OSV
poppler vulnerabilities
osv·2019-02-11·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-20551 [MEDIUM] poppler vulnerabilities
poppler vulnerabilities
It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain PDF files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2018-20551, CVE-2019-7310)
OSV
CVE-2018-20551: A reachable Object::getString assertion in Poppler 0
osv·2018-12-28·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-20551 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-20551: A reachable Object::getString assertion in Poppler 0
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.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-20551 poppler: reachable Object::getString assertion in AnnotRichMedia class in Annot.c [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2019-01-10·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-20551 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-20551 poppler: reachable Object::getString assertion in AnnotRichMedia class in Annot.c [fedora-all]
CVE-2018-20551 poppler: reachable Object::getString assertion in AnnotRichMedia class in Annot.c [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue aff
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-20551 mingw-poppler: poppler: reachable Object::getString assertion in AnnotRichMedia class in Annot.c [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2019-01-10·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-20551 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-20551 mingw-poppler: poppler: reachable Object::getString assertion in AnnotRichMedia class in Annot.c [fedora-all]
CVE-2018-20551 mingw-poppler: poppler: reachable Object::getString assertion in AnnotRichMedia class in Annot.c [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE:
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-20551 poppler: reachable Object::getString assertion in AnnotRichMedia class in Annot.c
bugzilla·2019-01-10·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-20551 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-20551 poppler: reachable Object::getString assertion in AnnotRichMedia class in Annot.c
CVE-2018-20551 poppler: reachable Object::getString assertion in AnnotRichMedia class in Annot.c
A flaw was found in Poppler 0.72.0. A reachable Object::getString assertion allows attackers to cause a denial of service due to construction of invalid rich media annotation assets in the AnnotRichMedia class in Annot.c.
References:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/703
Upstream Patch:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/merge_requests/146
Discussion:
Created mingw-poppler tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1665261]
Created poppler tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1665260]
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Unable to reproduce this on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5,6 or 7.
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2713https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/703https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/merge_requests/146https://usn.ubuntu.com/3886-1/https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2713https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/703https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/merge_requests/146https://usn.ubuntu.com/3886-1/
2018-12-28
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