CVE-2018-18650

Published Oct 25, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.00. XRef::readXRefStream in XRef.cc allows attackers to launch a denial of service (Integer Overflow) via a crafted /Size value in a pdf file, as demonstrated by pdftohtml. This is mainly caused by the program attempting a malloc operation for a large amount of memory.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-10366 An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.00. XRef::readXRefStream in XRef.cc allows attackers to launch a denial of service (Integer Overflow) via a crafted /Size value in a pdf file, as demonstrated by pdftohtml. This is mainly caused by the program attempting a malloc operation for a large amount of memory.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Sep 17, 2024, 4:09 AM
Reserved
Oct 25, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 25, 2018, 1:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:47 AM