CVE-2018-20551

A reachable Object::getString assertion in Poppler 0.72.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service due to construction of invalid rich media annotation assets in the AnnotRichMedia class in Annot.c.

CVSS v3.0 6.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/merge_requests/146	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/703	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3886-1/	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2713

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:0.72.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04::::lts:::

Information

Published : 2018-12-28 08:29

Updated : 2019-09-11 05:15

NVD link : CVE-2018-20551

Mitre link : CVE-2018-20551

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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Products Affected

canonical

ubuntu_linux

freedesktop

poppler

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