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A NULL pointer dereference in XFAForm::scanFields in XFAForm.cc in xpdf 4.00 allows attackers to launch denial of service via a specific pdf file, as demonstrated by pdftohtml.
- Products
- ipe, xpdf
- Affected versions
- 3.03-17ubuntu2, 3.03-17ubuntu3, 3.03-17ubuntu5, 3.03-18, 3.04+git20210103-3build1, 3.04+git20211021-1, 3.04+git20211021-1ubuntu1, 3.04+git20220201-1, 3.04+git20220601-1ubuntu1, 3.04+git20220601-1ubuntu2, 3.04+git20231213-1, 3.04+git20240118-1, 3.04+git20240124-1, 3.04+git20240202-1, 3.04+git20240202-1build1, 3.04+git20240202-1build2, 3.04+git20240202-1build3, 3.04+git20250304-1, 3.04+git20250304-1build1, 3.04+git20260220-1, 3.04+git20260220-1ubuntu1, 3.04+git20260802-1, 3.04-1, 3.04-1build1, 3.04-1ubuntu1, 3.04-1ubuntu1.1, 3.04-4build1, 3.04-5, 3.04-5ubuntu2, 3.04-6ubuntu1, 3.04-7, 7.1.10-1, 7.1.10-1.1, 7.1.4-2.1, 7.1.8-1, 7.2.13-2, 7.2.13-2build1, 7.2.23+dfsg1-2, 7.2.24+dfsg1-1, 7.2.24+dfsg1-1build1, 7.2.27+dfsg1-2, 7.2.28-2, 7.2.28-2.1build2, 7.2.28-2.1build3, 7.2.28-2.1build4, 7.2.30-1build1, 7.2.30-1build2, 7.2.30-2, 7.2.7-2, 7.2.7-3, 7.2.9-1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-7454
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:30 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A NULL pointer dereference in XFAForm::scanFields in XFAForm.cc in xpdf 4.00 allows attackers to launch denial of service via a specific pdf file, as demonstrated by pdftohtml.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7454
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Complete source record
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