CVE-2018-18458

MEDIUM

Xpdf 4.00 - Denial of Service via Crafted PDF File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The function DCTStream::decodeImage in Stream.cc in Xpdf 4.00 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted pdf file, as demonstrated by pdftoppm.

References (2)

Core 2

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0114
EPSS Percentile 62.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (1)
xpdfreader/xpdf 4.00
Published Oct 18, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026