CVE-2018-18456 (GCVE-0-2018-18456)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-10-18 06:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 11:08
VLAI
Summary
The function Object::isName() in Object.h (called from Gfx::opSetFillColorN) in Xpdf 4.00 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read) via a crafted pdf file, as demonstrated by pdftoppm.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2018-10-18 00:00
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