CVE-2018-7454

low
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
2.5

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-7454

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7454.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed4.01.01-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormaffected
debian debianbullseyeaffected
debian debianforkyaffected
debian debiansidaffected
debian debiantrixieaffected

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.