debian · CVE-2018-18457

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Priority: unimportant Published: Updated: Fri, 17 Jul 2026 03:01:55 GMT

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Tracker summary

CVE-2018-18457 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (xpdf), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 5.

Description:

The function DCTStream::readScan in Stream.cc in Xpdf 4.00 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted pdf file, as demonstrated by pdftoppm.

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