vulnerability

Ubuntu: (CVE-2018-18459): xpdf vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Oct 18, 2018
Added
Jun 26, 2025
Modified
Jun 26, 2025

Description

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.

Solution

no-fix-ubuntu-package
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