Xpdf
CVE-2018-18650
MEDIUM
Severity by source
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionNVD
An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.00. XRef::readXRefStream in XRef.cc allows attackers to launch a denial of service (Integer Overflow) via a crafted /Size value in a pdf file, as demonstrated by pdftohtml. This is mainly caused by the program attempting a malloc operation for a large amount of memory.
AnalysisAI
An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.00. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified as Integer Overflow (CWE-190), which allows attackers to cause unexpected behavior through arithmetic overflow. An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.00. XRef::readXRefStream in XRef.cc allows attackers to launch a denial of service (Integer Overflow) via a crafted /Size value in a pdf file, as demonstrated by pdftohtml. This is mainly caused by the program attempting a malloc operation for a large amount of memory. Affected products include: Xpdfreader Xpdf.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Validate arithmetic operations, use safe integer libraries, check bounds before allocation.
There is a use-after-free issue in JBIG2Stream::close() located in JBIG2Stream.cc in Xpdf 4.04. Rated high severity (CVS
XPDF 4.04 is vulnerable to Null Pointer Dereference in FoFiType1C.cc:2393. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerab
XPDF commit ffaf11c was discovered to contain a heap-buffer overflow via DCTStream::lookChar() at /xpdf/Stream.cc. Rated
XPDF commit ffaf11c was discovered to contain a heap-buffer overflow via DCTStream::readScan() at /xpdf/Stream.cc. Rated
XPDF commit ffaf11c was discovered to contain a global-buffer overflow via Lexer::getObj(Object*) at /xpdf/Lexer.cc. Rat
XPDF commit ffaf11c was discovered to contain a heap-buffer overflow via DCTStream::getChar() at /xpdf/Stream.cc. Rated
XPDF commit ffaf11c was discovered to contain a heap-buffer overflow via DCTStream::readHuffSym(DCTHuffTable*) at /xpdf/
XPDF commit ffaf11c was discovered to contain a heap-buffer overflow via DCTStream::transformDataUnit at /xpdf/Stream.cc
XPDF commit ffaf11c was discovered to contain a stack overflow via __asan_memcpy at asan_interceptors_memintrinsics.cpp.
XPDF v4.04 was discovered to contain a stack overflow vulnerability via the Object::Copy class of object.cc files. Rated
There is an invalid memory access in the TextLine class in TextOutputDev.cc in Xpdf 4.0.4 because the text extractor mis
There is an invalid memory access in the function fprintf located in Error.cc in Xpdf 4.0.2. Rated high severity (CVSS 7
Same weakness CWE-190 – Integer Overflow or Wraparound
View allSame technique Integer Overflow
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