PT-2018-3848 · Poppler+5 · Poppler+5

Pwd · CVE-2018-18897 · Published 2018-11-01 · Updated 2023-07-20

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.1

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Poppler version 0.71.0

Description The issue is related to a memory leak in the GfxState.cc component of the Poppler library, which is used for displaying PDF files. This memory leak occurs due to a resource not being released after its valid lifetime has expired. Exploitation of this issue allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

Recommendations For Poppler version 0.71.0, consider applying a patch or updating to a newer version that fixes the memory leak in GfxColorSpace::setDisplayProfile in GfxState.cc to prevent potential denial of service attacks.

Exploit

Fix

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-772

Related Identifiers

BDU:2022-06881

CESA-2019_2022

CESA-2019_2713

CVE-2018-18897

DLA-3120-1

MGASA-2019-0092

OPENSUSE-SU-2021:3854-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2021_3854-1

RHSA-2019:2022

RHSA-2019:2713

RHSA-2019_2022

RHSA-2019_2713

SUSE-SU-2021:3854-1

SUSE-SU-2023:2906-1

SUSE-SU-2023:2907-1

USN-4042-1

Affected Products

Astra Linux

Centos

Poppler

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 226

• 🔥 https://github.com/zmanion/Vulnerabilities/blob/main/CVE-2022-38171.md · Exploit
• 🔥 https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/654 · Exploit
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20662 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-19058 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-7310 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2021:3854-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/poppler · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9865 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-14494 · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/CH33MK2BAV326CV7IKYGMFO4IYX552Z2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-10019 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DLA-3120-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-03433 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-19149 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20650 · Security Note