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high 8.8

CVE-2018-21009 json

Poppler before 0.66.0 has an integer overflow in Parser::makeStream in Parser.cc.

published 2019-09-05 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-13533

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Poppler before 0.66.0 has an integer overflow in Parser::makeStream in Parser.cc.

Patch / fix

  • freedesktop poppler 0.76.0
  • poppler Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.69.0-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-21009

  • poppler Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.15
  • poppler Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.11

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-21009

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  • evince RHEL 7 3.28.2-9.el7
  • poppler RHEL 7 0.26.5-42.el7
  • evince-dvi RHEL 7 3.28.2-9.el7
  • poppler-qt RHEL 7 0.26.5-42.el7
  • evince-libs RHEL 7 3.28.2-9.el7
  • poppler-cpp RHEL 7 0.26.5-42.el7
  • poppler-glib RHEL 7 0.26.5-42.el7
  • poppler-demos RHEL 7 0.26.5-42.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:1074

  • poppler SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 0.43.0-16.25.1
  • poppler-qt SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 0.43.0-16.25.1
  • poppler SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 0.24.4-14.26.1
  • poppler openSUSE Leap 15.4 0.62.0-150000.4.15.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:2907-1SUSE-SU-2023:2906-1SUSE-SU-2023:2838-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-21009 updated cvss 5.9

poppler: integer overflow in Parser::makeStream in Parser.cc

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 poppler
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 poppler, poppler-qt, poppler-qt4, poppler-glib, poppler-utils
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) evince 3.28.2-9.el7, poppler 0.26.5-42.el7, evince-dvi 3.28.2-9.el7, evince-libs 3.28.2-9.el7, poppler-qt 0.26.5-42.el7, poppler-glib 0.26.5-42.el7, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) poppler-cpp 0.26.5-42.el7, poppler-demos 0.26.5-42.el7, evince-browser-plugin 3.28.2-9.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) poppler 0.26.5-42.el7, poppler-qt 0.26.5-42.el7, poppler-utils 0.26.5-42.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) poppler-cpp 0.26.5-42.el7, poppler-glib 0.26.5-42.el7, poppler-demos 0.26.5-42.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) evince 3.28.2-9.el7, poppler 0.26.5-42.el7, evince-dvi 3.28.2-9.el7, evince-libs 3.28.2-9.el7, poppler-qt 0.26.5-42.el7, poppler-glib 0.26.5-42.el7, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) poppler-qt 0.26.5-42.el7, poppler-cpp 0.26.5-42.el7, poppler-demos 0.26.5-42.el7, evince-browser-plugin 3.28.2-9.el7
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) evince 3.28.2-9.el7, poppler 0.26.5-42.el7, evince-dvi 3.28.2-9.el7, evince-libs 3.28.2-9.el7, poppler-qt 0.26.5-42.el7, poppler-glib 0.26.5-42.el7, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) poppler-cpp 0.26.5-42.el7, poppler-demos 0.26.5-42.el7, evince-browser-plugin 3.28.2-9.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:1074
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 poppler, poppler-cpp, poppler-qt5, poppler-glib, poppler-utils
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

1.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

Sources

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