A vulnerability was found in Xpdf 4.00 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function Object::isName() of the file Object.h of the component PDF File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability (Stack-based). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was shared 10/18/2018. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-18456 since 10/18/2018. The attack may be launched remotely. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 10/18/2018).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The issues 125742, 125743, 125745 and 125746 are related to this entry.
CPE
CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3
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Class: Memory corruption / Stack-based (
CWE-119)
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: No
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10/18/2018 Advisory disclosed
10/18/2018 CVE assigned10/18/2018 VulDB entry created10/18/2018 VulDB last updateSources
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Created: 10/18/2018
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