#VU15897 NULL pointer dereference in Poppler - CVE-2018-19149
Published: November 14, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15897
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-19149
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Poppler
Poppler
Software vendor:
Freedesktop.org
Freedesktop.org
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dreference error in _poppler_attachment_new when called from poppler_annot_file_attachment_get_attachment. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.