VDB
CVE-2018-8104
CVE-2018-8104
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM
The BufStream::lookChar function in Stream.cc in xpdf 4.00 allows attackers to launch denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a specific pdf file, as demonstrated by pdftohtml.
EPSS 0.78% · 54.5th 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
0.78%
54.5th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | xpdf | 0, 3.04-1ubuntu1.1, 3.04-1ubuntu1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | xpdf | *, 3.04+git20240202-1build2, 3.04+git20240202-1build3 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | xpdf | 3.04+git20250304-1, 0 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | ipe | 7.2.7-3, 0, 7.2.7-2 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | ipe | 7.2.24+dfsg1-1, *, 0 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | ipe | 7.2.9-1, 0, 7.2.13-2 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | xpdf | 3.04+git20210103-3build1, 0, 3.04+git20220201-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | ipe | 7.2.28-2.1build3, 7.2.28-2, 7.2.27+dfsg1-2 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | ipe | 0, 7.2.30-1build1 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | xpdf | 0, 3.04-4build1, 3.04-5ubuntu2 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | ipe | 0, 7.1.4-2.1, 7.1.8-1 |
Timeline
- Mar 14, 2018 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 25, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 28, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 30, 2021 EPSS Score
- Mar 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 8, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 14, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-8104 third-party-advisory
- https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=654&p=819#p819 third-party-advisory
- https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=652 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-8104 third-party-advisory