CVE-2018-25306

Description

PDFunite 0.41.0 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by processing malformed PDF files during merge operations. Attackers can trigger a segmentation fault in the XRef::getEntry function within libpoppler by providing a specially crafted PDF file to the pdfunite utility.

CVSS Vector

References

• https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/0.57.0-2ubuntu4.2
• https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/artful/+package/poppler-utils
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44490
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pdfunite-buffer-overflow-via-malformed-pdf