What is the severity of CVE-2018-7452?

The severity of CVE-2018-7452 is classified as high due to its potential for causing a denial of service.

How does CVE-2018-7452 affect xpdf?

CVE-2018-7452 affects xpdf by allowing attackers to exploit a NULL pointer dereference, leading to application instability.

How do I fix CVE-2018-7452?

To fix CVE-2018-7452, update xpdf to a version that has patched this vulnerability.

What kind of attack is possible using CVE-2018-7452?

An attacker can launch a denial of service attack by providing a specially crafted PDF file to xpdf.

Is CVE-2018-7452 a critical vulnerability?

While CVE-2018-7452 is not classified as critical, it poses significant risk due to its ability to crash the xpdf application.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2018-7452

medium

5.5

CWE

476

24/2/2018

5/8/2024

CVE-2018-7452: Null Pointer Dereference

First published: Sat Feb 24 2018(Updated: )

A NULL pointer dereference in JPXStream::fillReadBuf in JPXStream.cc in xpdf 4.00 allows attackers to launch denial of service via a specific pdf file, as demonstrated by pdftohtml.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
Xpdf	=4.00

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Reference Links

https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=613

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-7452?
The severity of CVE-2018-7452 is classified as high due to its potential for causing a denial of service.
How does CVE-2018-7452 affect xpdf?
CVE-2018-7452 affects xpdf by allowing attackers to exploit a NULL pointer dereference, leading to application instability.
How do I fix CVE-2018-7452?
To fix CVE-2018-7452, update xpdf to a version that has patched this vulnerability.
What kind of attack is possible using CVE-2018-7452?
An attacker can launch a denial of service attack by providing a specially crafted PDF file to xpdf.
Is CVE-2018-7452 a critical vulnerability?
While CVE-2018-7452 is not classified as critical, it poses significant risk due to its ability to crash the xpdf application.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-7452?
The severity of CVE-2018-7452 is classified as high due to its potential for causing a denial of service.
How does CVE-2018-7452 affect xpdf?
CVE-2018-7452 affects xpdf by allowing attackers to exploit a NULL pointer dereference, leading to application instability.
How do I fix CVE-2018-7452?
To fix CVE-2018-7452, update xpdf to a version that has patched this vulnerability.
What kind of attack is possible using CVE-2018-7452?
An attacker can launch a denial of service attack by providing a specially crafted PDF file to xpdf.
Is CVE-2018-7452 a critical vulnerability?
While CVE-2018-7452 is not classified as critical, it poses significant risk due to its ability to crash the xpdf application.