# CVE-2018-20481: poppler: Poppler is a Portable Document Format (PDF) rendering library, used by applications such as Evince. Security Fix(es)... CVE-2018-20481 is fixed in 14 products on 1 platform, first by gir1.2-poppler-0.18 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.6, released December 31, 2018. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine. - Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20481 - Priority: Routine - CVSS: 6.5 (Moderate) - EPSS: 0.0329 - CISA KEV: not listed - Exploited (vendor report): no - Publicly disclosed: no - Published: Dec 24, 2018 ## Description Poppler is a Portable Document Format (PDF) rendering library, used by applications such as Evince. Security Fix(es): * poppler: heap-based buffer over-read in XRef::getEntry in XRef.cc (CVE-2019-7310) * poppler: heap-based buffer overflow in function ImageStream::getLine() in Stream.cc (CVE-2019-9200) * poppler: heap-based buffer over-read in function PSOutputDev::checkPageSlice in PSOutputDev.cc (CVE-2019-10871) * poppler: heap-based buffer over-read in JPXStream::init in JPEG2000Stream.cc (CVE-2019-12293) * poppler: memory leak in GfxColorSpace::setDisplayProfile in GfxState.cc (CVE-2018-18897) * poppler: NULL pointer dereference in the XRef::getEntry in XRef.cc (CVE-2018-20481) * poppler: reachable Object::getString assertion in AnnotRichMedia class in Annot.c (CVE-2018-20551) * poppler: reachable Object::dictLookup assertion in FileSpec class in FileSpec.cc (CVE-2018-20650) * poppler: SIGABRT PDFDoc::setup class in PDFDoc.cc (CVE-2018-20662) * poppler: heap-based buffer over-read in function downsample_row_box_filter in CairoRescaleBox.cc (CVE-2019-9631) * poppler: stack consumption in function Dict::find() in Dict.cc (CVE-2019-9903) * poppler: integer overflow in JPXStream::init function leading to memory consumption (CVE-2019-9959) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. ## Where it's fixed | Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released | |---|---|---|---|---| | Linux | gir1.2-poppler-0.18 Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.6 | [gir1.2-poppler-0.18 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.6](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-gir1.2-poppler-0.18-0.62.0-2ubuntu2.6.md) | Dec 31, 2018 | | Linux | libpoppler-cpp0v5 Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.6 | [libpoppler-cpp0v5 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.6](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-libpoppler-cpp0v5-0.62.0-2ubuntu2.6.md) | Dec 31, 2018 | | Linux | libpoppler-glib8 Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.6 | [libpoppler-glib8 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.6](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-libpoppler-glib8-0.62.0-2ubuntu2.6.md) | Dec 31, 2018 | | Linux | libpoppler-qt5-1 Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.6 | [libpoppler-qt5-1 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.6](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-libpoppler-qt5-1-0.62.0-2ubuntu2.6.md) | Dec 31, 2018 | | Linux | libpoppler73 Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.6 | [libpoppler73 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.6](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-libpoppler73-0.62.0-2ubuntu2.6.md) | Dec 31, 2018 | | Linux | poppler RHEL 8 | 0:0.66.0-11.el8_0.12 | [RHSA-2019:2713](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2019-2713.md) | Sep 12, 2019 | | Linux | poppler ol 8 | 0:0.66.0-11.el8_0.12 | [ELSA-2019-2713](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2019-2713.md) | Sep 12, 2019 | | Linux | poppler-cpp RHEL 8 | 0:0.66.0-11.el8_0.12 | [RHSA-2019:2713](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2019-2713.md) | Sep 12, 2019 | | Linux | poppler-cpp ol 8 | 0:0.66.0-11.el8_0.12 | [ELSA-2019-2713](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2019-2713.md) | Sep 12, 2019 | | Linux | poppler-cpp-devel RHEL 8 | 0:0.66.0-11.el8_0.12 | [RHSA-2019:2713](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2019-2713.md) | Sep 12, 2019 | | Linux | poppler-cpp-devel ol 8 | 0:0.66.0-11.el8_0.12 | [ELSA-2019-2713](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2019-2713.md) | Sep 12, 2019 | | Linux | poppler-devel RHEL 8 | 0:0.66.0-11.el8_0.12 | [RHSA-2019:2713](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2019-2713.md) | Sep 12, 2019 | | Linux | poppler-devel ol 8 | 0:0.66.0-11.el8_0.12 | [ELSA-2019-2713](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2019-2713.md) | Sep 12, 2019 | | Linux | poppler-glib RHEL 8 | 0:0.66.0-11.el8_0.12 | [RHSA-2019:2713](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2019-2713.md) | Sep 12, 2019 | | Linux | poppler-glib ol 8 | 0:0.66.0-11.el8_0.12 | [ELSA-2019-2713](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2019-2713.md) | Sep 12, 2019 | | Linux | poppler-glib-devel RHEL 8 | 0:0.66.0-11.el8_0.12 | [RHSA-2019:2713](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2019-2713.md) | Sep 12, 2019 | | Linux | poppler-glib-devel ol 8 | 0:0.66.0-11.el8_0.12 | [ELSA-2019-2713](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2019-2713.md) | Sep 12, 2019 | | Linux | poppler-qt5 RHEL 8 | 0:0.66.0-11.el8_0.12 | [RHSA-2019:2713](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2019-2713.md) | Sep 12, 2019 | | Linux | poppler-qt5 ol 8 | 0:0.66.0-11.el8_0.12 | [ELSA-2019-2713](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2019-2713.md) | Sep 12, 2019 | | Linux | poppler-qt5-devel RHEL 8 | 0:0.66.0-11.el8_0.12 | [RHSA-2019:2713](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2019-2713.md) | Sep 12, 2019 | | Linux | poppler-qt5-devel ol 8 | 0:0.66.0-11.el8_0.12 | [ELSA-2019-2713](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2019-2713.md) | Sep 12, 2019 | | Linux | poppler-utils RHEL 8 | 0:0.66.0-11.el8_0.12 | [RHSA-2019:2713](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2019-2713.md) | Sep 12, 2019 | | Linux | poppler-utils Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.6 | [poppler-utils 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.6](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-poppler-utils-0.62.0-2ubuntu2.6.md) | Dec 31, 2018 | | Linux | poppler-utils ol 8 | 0:0.66.0-11.el8_0.12 | [ELSA-2019-2713](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2019-2713.md) | Sep 12, 2019 | --- Data as of 2026-11-07T12:40:37Z UTC. 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