Memory leak in Poppler - CVE-2018-18897
Published: November 3, 2018 / Updated: February 1, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15711
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-18897
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Freedesktop.org
Affected software:
Poppler
Poppler
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-18897
Install update from vendor's website.