CVE-2018-7454

MEDIUM

xpdf 4.00 - Denial of Service via NULL Pointer Dereference in XFAForm::scanFields

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=613

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0080

EPSS Percentile 52.0%

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 Feb 24, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026