Out-of-bounds Read in Freedesktop Poppler
CVE-2018-13988
Poppler through 0.62 contains an out of bounds read vulnerability due to an incorrect memory access that is not mapped in its memory space, as demonstrated by pdfunite. This can result in memory corruption and denial of service. This may be exploitable when a victim opens a specially crafted PDF file.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
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: 0.032 (87.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 87.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.032 · newest: 0.032 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Freedesktop Poppler
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 14.04, 16.04, 18.04
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0
- Red Hat Ansible Tower — versions 3.3.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation — versions 7.0
- Red Hat Openshift Container Platform — versions 3.11
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00024.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3140 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/ (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/148661/PDFunite-0.62.0-Buffer-Overflow.html (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3757-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-13988?
- CVE-2018-13988 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-07-25.
- How severe is CVE-2018-13988?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-13988 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.