CVE-2018-20551
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.31%
Description
A reachable Object::getString assertion in Poppler 0.72.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service due to construction of invalid rich media annotation assets in the AnnotRichMedia class in Annot.c.
How to fix CVE-2018-20551
To remediate CVE-2018-20551, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/poppler—upgrade to 0.71.0-4 or later
Is CVE-2018-20551 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 0.71.0-4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |