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CVE-2018-18459

Date: October 18, 2018

The function DCTStream::getBlock in Stream.cc in Xpdf 4.00 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted pdf file, as demonstrated by pdftoppm.

Severity Score

Related Resources (6)

https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41217
https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/xpdf/2018_10_16/pdftoppm
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-18459
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18459
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-18459
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2018-18459

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

NULL Pointer Dereference

CWE-476

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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