An issue was discovered in Poppler 0.71.0. There is a NULL pointer dereference in goo/GooString.h, will lead to denial of service, as demonstrated by utils/pdfdetach.cc not validating a filename of an embedded file before constructing a save path.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2018-19060 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue affects the versions of poppler as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Low |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | poppler | Affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | poppler | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | poppler | Not affected |
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