Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2018-19149 is a Poppler PDF-processing flaw affecting versions before 0.70.0. A malformed PDF feature involving file attachments can trigger a NULL pointer dereference. The most likely business impact is crashing software that processes PDFs, especially services handling untrusted uploads or email attachments. Exposure is most likely on Linux systems, desktop applications, document pipelines, and web services using Poppler before 0.70.0 to parse PDFs, particularly where untrusted PDFs are processed automatically. Treat as a targeted reliability and availability risk, not a confirmed breach-level emergency. Prioritize internet-facing or automated PDF-processing systems first, then standard workstation and server patching. Mitigation focus: Upgrade Poppler to 0.70.0 or later where available.; Apply distribution fixes from Ubuntu, Gentoo, or Red Hat advisories as applicable.; Prioritize systems that process untrusted PDF uploads or email attachments..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/664CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- USN-3837-2CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- USN-3837-1CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- GLSA-201904-04CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
- RHSA-2019:2022CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
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