What is CVE-2018-19149?

CVE-2018-19149 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-11-10.

How severe is CVE-2018-19149?

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

NULL pointer dereference in Freedesktop Poppler

CVE-2018-19149

Poppler before 0.70.0 has a NULL pointer dereference in _poppler_attachment_new when called from poppler_annot_file_attachment_get_attachment.

Published 2018-11-10 · 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 (83.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 83.7% 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, 16.04, 18.04

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/664 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/106031 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
usn.ubuntu.com/3837-2/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
usn.ubuntu.com/3837-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-04 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2022 (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-19149?: CVE-2018-19149 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-11-10.
How severe is CVE-2018-19149?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.