Description
An issue was discovered in Poppler 0.71.0. There is a out-of-bounds read in EmbFile::save2 in FileSpec.cc, will lead to denial of service, as demonstrated by utils/pdfdetach.cc not validating embedded files before save attempts.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/661
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-1/
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2022
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0013
EPSS Percentile
31.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-125
Status
published
Products (5)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.10
freedesktop/poppler
0.71.0
Published
Nov 07, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026