Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-8100 - Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in Xpdfreader Xpdf 4.00

047910
CVSS 6.8 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL

Summary

The JPXStream::readTilePart function in JPXStream.cc in xpdf 4.00 allows attackers to launch denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a specific pdf file, as demonstrated by pdftohtml.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Xpdfreader
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)