Vulnerability Report

CVE-2018-18650

Title: Xpdfreader Xpdf Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2018-18650.

CWE Category CWE-190
Published Date Oct 25, 2018
Modified Date Nov 21, 2024
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.5 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.18%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2018-18650: An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.00. XRef::readXRefStream in XRef.cc allows attackers to launch a denial of service (Integer Overflow) via a crafted /Size value in a pdf file, as demonstrated by pdftohtml. This is mainly caused by the program attempting a malloc operation for a large amount of memory.

Impacted Vendors

F
foolabs 1
X
xpdf 1
X
xpdfreader 1

Reference Links

https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41219&p=41747#p41747 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/152006 https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41219&p=41747#p41747
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.3
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2018-18650 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.