NULL pointer dereference in Poppler - CVE-2018-10768

 

NULL pointer dereference in Poppler - CVE-2018-10768

Published: May 21, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU12893
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10768
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Freedesktop.org
Affected software:
Poppler

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in the AnnotPath::getCoordsLength function in Annot.h due to NULL pointer dereference. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.

How to mitigate CVE-2018-10768

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources