CVE-2018-19060

poppler: pdfdetach utility does not validate save paths

Published Nov 7, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 1.7% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in Poppler 0.71.0. There is a NULL pointer dereference in goo/GooString.h, will lead to denial of service, as demonstrated by utils/pdfdetach.cc not validating a filename of an embedded file before constructing a save path.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-10775 An issue was discovered in Poppler 0.71.0. There is a NULL pointer dereference in goo/GooString.h, will lead to denial of service, as demonstrated by utils/pdfdetach.cc not validating a filename of an embedded file before constructing a save path.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3837-1 poppler vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 11:30 AM
Reserved
Nov 7, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 7, 2018, 4:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:48 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Nov 6, 2018, 12:00 AM