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CVE-2018-8101

Published: 14 March 2018

The JPXStream::inverseTransformLevel function in JPXStream.cc in xpdf 4.00 allows attackers to launch denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a specific pdf file, as demonstrated by pdftohtml.

Notes

AuthorNote
jdstrand
xpdf in koffice is 2.0
mdeslaur
can't reproduce with poppler

Priority

Negligible

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
ipe
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Needs triage

cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Ignored
(end of life)
focal Needs triage

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was needs-triage)
upstream Needs triage

groovy Ignored
(end of life)
hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
xenial Needs triage

jammy Needs triage

impish Ignored
(end of life)
mantic Needs triage

lunar Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
libextractor
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream Needs triage

focal Not vulnerable
(does not use xpdf anymore)
groovy Ignored
(end of life)
hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
xenial Not vulnerable
(does not use xpdf anymore)
jammy Not vulnerable
(does not use xpdf anymore)
impish Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Not vulnerable
(does not use xpdf anymore)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(does not use xpdf anymore)
trusty Not vulnerable
(does not use xpdf anymore)
lunar Not vulnerable
(does not use xpdf anymore)
artful Ignored
(end of life)
cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Ignored
(end of life)
mantic Not vulnerable
(does not use xpdf anymore)
poppler
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
impish Not vulnerable
(0.62.0-1ubuntu1)
groovy Not vulnerable
(0.62.0-1ubuntu1)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(0.62.0-1ubuntu1)
jammy Not vulnerable
(0.62.0-1ubuntu1)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(0.62.0-1ubuntu1)
lunar Not vulnerable
(0.62.0-1ubuntu1)
artful Not vulnerable
(0.57.0-2ubuntu4.2)
bionic Not vulnerable
(0.62.0-1ubuntu1)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(0.62.0-1ubuntu1)
disco Not vulnerable
(0.62.0-1ubuntu1)
eoan Not vulnerable
(0.62.0-1ubuntu1)
focal Not vulnerable
(0.62.0-1ubuntu1)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [0.24.5-2ubuntu4.9])
upstream Needs triage

xenial Not vulnerable
(0.41.0-0ubuntu1.6)
mantic Not vulnerable
(0.62.0-1ubuntu1)
xpdf
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
groovy Does not exist

hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
xenial Needed

jammy Needed

impish Ignored
(end of life)
lunar Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Needed

cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Ignored
(end of life)
focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was needs-triage)
upstream Needs triage

mantic Needed

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H