CVE-2018-20551

Public Exploit

Description

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.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.53%
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/merge_requests/146 third party advisory patch
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3886-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/703 third party advisory exploit
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2713 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-20551?
CVE-2018-20551 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-20551?
To fix CVE-2018-20551, 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-2018-20551 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-20551 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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