What is CVE-2018-10768?

CVE-2018-10768 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-05-06.

How severe is CVE-2018-10768?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-10768 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

NULL pointer dereference in Freedesktop Poppler

CVE-2018-10768

There is a NULL pointer dereference in the AnnotPath::getCoordsLength function in Annot.h in an Ubuntu package for Poppler 0.24.5. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack. Later Ubuntu packages such as for Poppler 0.41.0 are not affected.

Published 2018-05-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.024 (83.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 83.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.024 · newest: 0.024 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Freedesktop Poppler
Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 14.04
Debian Linux — versions 8.0
Red Hat Ansible Tower — versions 3.3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 7.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 7.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation — versions 7.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00024.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
usn.ubuntu.com/3647-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3140 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-10768?: CVE-2018-10768 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-05-06.
How severe is CVE-2018-10768?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-10768 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.