CVE-2018-25306
6.9
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Summary
PDFunite 0.41.0 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by processing malformed PDF files during merge operations. Attackers can trigger a segmentation fault in the XRef::getEntry function within libpoppler by providing a specially crafted PDF file to the pdfunite utility.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| poppler-utils | PDFunite | 0.41.0 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-120: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: poc
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: partial
References
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44490
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/artful/+package/poppler-utils
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.57.0-2ubuntu4.2
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pdfunite-buffer-overflow-via-malformed-pdf
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