CVE-2018-19060 — MEDIUM (6.5)

Vulnerability Description

An issue was discovered in Poppler 0.71.0. There is a NULL pointer dereference in goo/GooString.h, will lead to denial of service, as demonstrated by utils/pdfdetach.cc not validating a filename of an embedded file before constructing a save path.

CVSS Score

6.5

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality

NONE

Integrity

NONE

Availability

HIGH

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Freedesktop	Poppler	0.71.0
Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	14.04

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-476

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2022
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/660ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-1/Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2022
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/660ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-1/Third Party Advisory

FAQ

What is CVE-2018-19060?

CVE-2018-19060 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5 (MEDIUM). An issue was discovered in Poppler 0.71.0. There is a NULL pointer dereference in goo/GooString.h, will lead to denial of service, as demonstrated by utils/pdfdetach.cc not validating a filename of an...

How severe is CVE-2018-19060?

CVE-2018-19060 has been rated MEDIUM with a CVSS base score of 6.5/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Is there a patch for CVE-2018-19060?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Freedesktop Poppler, Canonical Ubuntu Linux.