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Medium 6.5Published Jul 25, 2018

CVE-2018-13988Poppler 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.

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It affects freedesktop poppler and 7 other products. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

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.

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CVSS
6.5 MEDIUM (v3.0, NVD)CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-125
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
Not given
NVD analysis
Modified
Record last updated
Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
freedesktop poppler
freedesktop:poppler
through 0.62.0
NVD
canonical ubuntu_linux
canonical:ubuntu_linux
14.04; 16.04; 18.04
NVD
debian debian_linux
debian:debian_linux
8.0
NVD
redhat ansible_tower
redhat:ansible_tower
3.3.0
NVD
redhat openshift_container_platform
redhat:openshift_container_platform
3.11
NVD
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop
redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop
7.0
NVD
redhat enterprise_linux_server
redhat:enterprise_linux_server
7.0
NVD
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation
redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation
7.0
NVD

References

References

The CVE record is authoritative. Products marked “from the name” were identified from the CNA's free-text names, not a CPE, and are matched less certainly. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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