CVE-2018-18457

medium

Description

The function DCTStream::readScan 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.

References

https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/xpdf/2018_10_16/pdftoppm

https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41217

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-10-18

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H