Poppler 0.71.0 GfxState.cc setDisplayProfile resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Poppler 0.71.0. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function GfxColorSpace::setDisplayProfile of the file GfxState.cc. The manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2018-18897. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Poppler 0.71.0 (Document Reader Software). Affected is the function GfxColorSpace::setDisplayProfile of the file GfxState.cc. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

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

The bug was discovered 10/31/2018. The weakness was released 11/02/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at gitlab.freedesktop.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-18897 since 11/02/2018. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 121334 (Fedora 29 : poppler (2019-7ff7f5093e)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 277654 (Fedora Security Update for poppler (FEDORA-2019-40f4af0687)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (121334) and SecurityFocus (BID 106321†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-128429, VDB-128517 and VDB-128609. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 121334
Nessus Name: Fedora 29 : poppler (2019-7ff7f5093e)
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10/31/2018 🔍
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11/03/2018 +1 days 🔍
12/25/2018 +52 days 🔍
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06/04/2023 +1592 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: FEDORA-2019-7ff7f5093e
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2018-18897 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-18897
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-126426
SecurityFocus: 106321 - Poppler CVE-2018-20481 Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/03/2018 11:45
Updated: 06/04/2023 13:24
Changes: 11/03/2018 11:45 (74), 05/26/2020 09:08 (5), 06/04/2023 13:18 (4), 06/04/2023 13:24 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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