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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-19059

An issue was discovered in Poppler 0.71.0. There is a out-of-bounds read in EmbFile::save2 in FileSpec.cc, will lead to denial of service, as demonstrated by utils/pdfdetach.cc not validating embedded files before save attempts.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:29 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2018-19059

core-osv · Original source

Published 7 Nov 2018, 16:29 UTC

An issue was discovered in Poppler 0.71.0. There is a out-of-bounds read in EmbFile::save2 in FileSpec.cc, will lead to denial of service, as demonstrated by utils/pdfdetach.cc not validating embedded files before save attempts.

osv:CVE-2018-19059
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-19059",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2018-19059",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in Poppler 0.71.0. There is a out-of-bounds read in EmbFile::save2 in FileSpec.cc, will lead to denial of service, as demonstrated by utils/pdfdetach.cc not validating embedded files before save attempts.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-19059",
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          "database_specific": {
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:50:23.162165149Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2022",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-1/",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 381652,
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