Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:2018186500000000
Revision Date:2018-10-25Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-18650 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
Description:An issue was discovered in Xpdf 4.00. XRef::readXRefStream in XRef.cc allows attackers to launch a denial of service (Integer Overflow) via a crafted /Size value in a pdf file, as demonstrated by pdftohtml. This is mainly caused by the program attempting a malloc operation for a large amount of memory.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-18650
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.10
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • ipe: while related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore this issue (note: 'reached end-of-life').
  • OR libextractor: while related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore this issue (note: 'reached end-of-life').
  • OR xpdf: while related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore this issue (note: 'reached end-of-life').
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