CVE-2018-13988
poppler: out of bounds read in pdfunite
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · July 23, 2018
Updated · June 27, 2026
Description
Poppler through 0.62 contains an out of bounds read vulnerability due to an incorrect memory access that is not mapped in its memory space, as demonstrated by pdfunite. This can result in memory corruption and denial of service. This may be exploitable when a victim opens a specially crafted PDF file.
Statement
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having a security impact of Low, and a future update may address this flaw.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 5.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read