Bug 1085243 (CVE-2018-8101) - VUL-1: CVE-2018-8101: xpdf: The JPXStream::inverseTransformLevel function in JPXStream.cc allows attackers to launch denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a specific pdf file
Summary: VUL-1: CVE-2018-8101: xpdf: The JPXStream::inverseTransformLevel function in ...
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: CVE-2018-8101
Product: SUSE Security Incidents
Classification: Novell Products
Component: Incidents (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other Other
: P4 - Low : Minor
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Peter Simons
QA Contact: Security Team bot
URL: https://smash.suse.de/issue/201801/
Whiteboard: CVSSv3:SUSE:CVE-2018-8101:3.3:(AV:L/...
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Blocks: 1133493
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Reported: 2018-03-14 08:53 UTC by Karol Babioch
Modified: 2023-06-14 14:39 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Found By: Security Response Team
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2018-03-14 09:03 UTC, Karol Babioch 		Details
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Description Karol Babioch 2018-03-14 08:53:06 UTC 
CVE-2018-8101

The JPXStream::inverseTransformLevel function in JPXStream.cc in xpdf 4.00
allows attackers to launch denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and
application crash) via a specific pdf file, as demonstrated by pdftohtml.

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2018-8101
https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=652
Comment 1 Karol Babioch 2018-03-14 09:03:12 UTC 
Created attachment 763605 [details]
Reproducer
Comment 2 Peter Simons 2018-06-21 08:47:30 UTC 
Upstream has not responded to the bug report in their web forum. I am unaware of any fixes for these issues.
Comment 3 Petr Gajdos 2023-06-12 13:06:26 UTC 
Could not reproduce a crash or valgrind error for TW,15,12,11sp1/poppler. Since xpdf is not maintained anymore, I suggest to close this.