SB2018110503 - Denial of service in Poppler
Published: November 5, 2018 Updated: February 1, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018110503
CSH 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 vulnerability.
1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-18897)
CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within GfxColorSpace::setDisplayProfile in GfxState.cc, as demonstrated by pdftocairo. A remote attacker can execute the pdftocairo command with a PDF file that submits malicious input, trigger memory leak and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.