Medium 6.5Published Jan 3, 2019

CVE-2018-20662In Poppler 0.72.0, PDFDoc::setup in PDFDoc.cc allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service (application crash caused by Object.h SIGABRT, because of a wrong return value from PDFDoc::setup) by craft…

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In Poppler 0.72.0, PDFDoc::setup in PDFDoc.cc allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service (application crash caused by Object.h SIGABRT, because of a wrong return value from PDFDoc::setup) by crafting a PDF file in which an xref data structure is mishandled during extractPDFSubtype processing.

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-20
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	0.72.0	NVD
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux	8.0; 9.0	NVD
fedoraproject fedora fedoraproject:fedora	28; 29; 30	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
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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/commit/9fd5ec0e6e5f763b190f2a55ceb5427cfe851d5f	patch, third-party-advisory
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/706	third-party-advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00008.html	mailing-list, third-party-advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00014.html	mailing-list, third-party-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6OSCOYM3AMFFBJWSBWY6VJVLNE5JD7YS/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BI7NLDN2HUEU4ZW3D7XPHOAEGT2CKDRO/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JQ6RABASMSIMMWMDZTP6ZWUWZPTBSVB5/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZWP5XSUG6GNRI75NYKF53KIB2CZY6QQ6/
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