SB2018080307 - Denial of service in Poppler
Published: August 3, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018080307
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-13988)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in the image rendering functionality due to buffer overflow when handling malicious input. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted PDF file, trigger memory corruption and cause the system to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.