6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2018-19059
Adobe Poppler Out-of-Bounds Read Denial of Service
Description

An issue was discovered in Poppler 0.71.0. There is a out-of-bounds read in EmbFile::save2 in FileSpec.cc, will lead to denial of service, as demonstrated by utils/pdfdetach.cc not validating embedded files before save attempts.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 7, 2018, 4:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 6, 2019, 5:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-19059 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Freedesktop poppler
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-19059.

URL Resource
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2022
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/661 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-1/ Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-19059 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 06, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2022 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 07, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/661 No Types Assigned https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/661 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-125
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:0.71.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 05, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-1/ [No Types Assigned]
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.18 }} 0.00%

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0.55473

percentile

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