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CVE-2018-7454

Published: 24 February 2018

A NULL pointer dereference in XFAForm::scanFields in XFAForm.cc in xpdf 4.00 allows attackers to launch denial of service via a specific pdf file, as demonstrated by pdftohtml.

Notes

AuthorNote
jdstrand
xpdf in koffice is 2.0
mdeslaur
code isn't in poppler

Priority

Negligible

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
libextractor
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(does not use xpdf anymore)
focal Not vulnerable
(does not use xpdf anymore)
groovy Ignored
(end of life)
impish Ignored
(end of life)
jammy Not vulnerable
(does not use xpdf anymore)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(does not use xpdf anymore)
trusty Not vulnerable
(does not use xpdf anymore)
artful Ignored
(end of life)
cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Ignored
(end of life)
hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
lunar Not vulnerable
(does not use xpdf anymore)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Not vulnerable
(does not use xpdf anymore)
mantic Not vulnerable
(does not use xpdf anymore)
ipe
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
groovy Ignored
(end of life)
jammy Needs triage

impish Ignored
(end of life)
kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Needs triage

cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Ignored
(end of life)
focal Needs triage

hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was needs-triage)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Needs triage

mantic Needs triage

lunar Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
poppler
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hirsute Not vulnerable
(0.62.0-1ubuntu1)
jammy Not vulnerable
(0.62.0-1ubuntu1)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(0.62.0-1ubuntu1)
artful Not vulnerable
(0.57.0-2ubuntu4.2)
bionic Not vulnerable
(0.62.0-1ubuntu1)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(0.62.0-1ubuntu1)
disco Not vulnerable
(0.62.0-1ubuntu1)
eoan Not vulnerable
(0.62.0-1ubuntu1)
focal Not vulnerable
(0.62.0-1ubuntu1)
groovy Not vulnerable
(0.62.0-1ubuntu1)
impish Not vulnerable
(0.62.0-1ubuntu1)
lunar Not vulnerable
(0.62.0-1ubuntu1)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [0.24.5-2ubuntu4.9])
upstream Needs triage

xenial Not vulnerable
(0.41.0-0ubuntu1.6)
mantic Not vulnerable
(0.62.0-1ubuntu1)
xpdf
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
jammy Needed

impish Ignored
(end of life)
kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Needed

cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Ignored
(end of life)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was needs-triage)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Needed

mantic Needed

lunar Ignored
(end of life, was needed)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H