Name: CVE-2018-18456: Out-of-bounds Read
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2018-10-18T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2018-18456, CWE-125, CVSS 5.5, EPSS 0.01257

The function Object::isName() in Object.h (called from Gfx::opSetFillColorN) in Xpdf 4.00 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read) via a crafted pdf file, as demonstrated by pdftoppm.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	No solution exists	May 15, 2025	Oct 18, 2018
Suse	—	Upgrade libpoppler-develUpgrade libpoppler-glib8Upgrade libpoppler-qt4-4Upgrade libpoppler-qt4-develUpgrade libpoppler-glib-develUpgrade libpoppler73Upgrade libpoppler73-32bitUpgrade poppler-toolsUpgrade libpoppler60Upgrade typelib-1_0-Poppler-0_18Upgrade libpoppler-cpp0	Aug 9, 2024	Oct 18, 2018
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Oct 18, 2018

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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