Stack-based buffer overflow in xpdf - CVE-2018-18456

Vulnerability identifier: #VU36491

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 6.7 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-18456

CWE-ID: CWE-121

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing a crafted pdf file, as demonstrated by pdftoppm. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trigger stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

xpdf
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
openSUSE Leap
typelib-1_0-Poppler-0_18
libpoppler-qt4-4-debuginfo
libpoppler60
libpoppler-glib8-debuginfo
libpoppler-qt4-4
libpoppler-glib8
libpoppler60-debuginfo
poppler-tools
poppler-tools-debuginfo
libpoppler-devel
libpoppler-glib-devel
libpoppler-qt4-devel
libpoppler-cpp0
poppler-debugsource
libpoppler-cpp0-debuginfo
libpoppler73
libpoppler73-32bit-debuginfo
libpoppler73-32bit
libpoppler73-debuginfo

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

typelib-1_0-Poppler-0_18 - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler-qt4-4-debuginfo - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler60 - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler-glib8-debuginfo - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler-qt4-4 - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler-glib8 - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler60-debuginfo - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
poppler-tools - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
poppler-tools-debuginfo - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler-devel - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler-glib-devel - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler-qt4-devel - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler-cpp0 - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
poppler-debugsource - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler-cpp0-debuginfo - update to 0.43.0-16.40.1
libpoppler73 - update to 0.62.0-150000.4.28.2
libpoppler73-32bit-debuginfo - update to 0.62.0-150000.4.28.2
libpoppler73-32bit - update to 0.62.0-150000.4.28.2
libpoppler73-debuginfo - update to 0.62.0-150000.4.28.2

• https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41217
• https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/xpdf/2018_10_16/pdftoppm

• Multiple vulnerabilities in xpdf
• SUSE update for poppler
• SUSE update for poppler