Description
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.
Metrics
CVSS 3.0 6.5/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2022
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/660Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2022
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/660Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-1/Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Nov 7, 2018
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified