What is CVE-2018-21009?

CVE-2018-21009 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-09-05.

How severe is CVE-2018-21009?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Integer overflow in Freedesktop Poppler

CVE-2018-21009

Poppler before 0.66.0 has an integer overflow in Parser::makeStream in Parser.cc.

Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow

EPSS: 0.020 (78.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Freedesktop Poppler
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-21009?: CVE-2018-21009 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-09-05.
How severe is CVE-2018-21009?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.