CVE-2018-19059

Public Exploit

Description

An issue was discovered in Poppler 0.71.0. There is a out-of-bounds read in EmbFile::save2 in FileSpec.cc, will lead to denial of service, as demonstrated by utils/pdfdetach.cc not validating embedded files before save attempts.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.13%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/661 third party advisory exploit
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2022 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-19059?
CVE-2018-19059 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-19059?
To fix CVE-2018-19059, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-19059 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-19059 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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