Medium 6.5Published Nov 2, 2018

CVE-2018-18897An issue was discovered in Poppler 0.71.0.

Updated under an hour ago (Nov 2, 2026, 12:23 AM ET)

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An issue was discovered in Poppler 0.71.0. There is a memory leak in GfxColorSpace::setDisplayProfile in GfxState.cc, as demonstrated by pdftocairo.

CVSS: 6.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-772
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	0.71.0	NVD
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux	10.0	NVD
canonical ubuntu_linux canonical:ubuntu_linux	16.04; 18.04; 18.10; 19.04	NVD
redhat enterprise_linux redhat:enterprise_linux	8.0	NVD
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop	7.0	NVD
redhat enterprise_linux_eus redhat:enterprise_linux_eus	8.1; 8.2; 8.4; 8.6	NVD
redhat enterprise_linux_server redhat:enterprise_linux_server	7.0	NVD
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus	8.2; 8.4; 8.6	NVD
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus	8.2; 8.4; 8.6	NVD
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation	7.0	NVD

References

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2022	third-party-advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2713	third-party-advisory
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/654	exploit, third-party-advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00030.html	mailing-list, third-party-advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4042-1/	third-party-advisory

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