VDB
CVE-2018-18650
CVE-2018-18650
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM
An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.00. XRef::readXRefStream in XRef.cc allows attackers to launch a denial of service (Integer Overflow) via a crafted /Size value in a pdf file, as demonstrated by pdftohtml. This is mainly caused by the program attempting a malloc operation for a large amount of memory.
EPSS 0.92% · 58.0th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
0.92%
58.0th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | ipe | 7.2.13-2build1, 7.2.13-2, 0 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | ipe | 7.2.7-2, 0, 7.2.7-3 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | ipe | 7.2.28-2.1build4, 0, 7.2.27+dfsg1-2 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | ipe | 7.2.23+dfsg1-2, 0, 7.2.24+dfsg1-1 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | ipe | 7.1.4-2.1, 0, 7.1.10-1 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | ipe | 7.2.30-1build1, 0 |
Timeline
- Oct 25, 2018 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 25, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 28, 2021 EPSS Score
- Mar 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 3, 2022 EPSS Score
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- Nov 8, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 10, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18650 third-party-advisory
- https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41219&p=41747#p41747 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-18650 third-party-advisory