poppler: memory leak in GfxColorSpace::setDisplayProfile in GfxState.cc
Published Nov 2, 2018
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.96%
Description
An issue was discovered in Poppler 0.71.0. There is a memory leak in GfxColorSpace::setDisplayProfile in GfxState.cc, as demonstrated by pdftocairo.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 0.71.0
Configuration 2
- 10.0
Configuration 3
- 16.04
- 18.04
- 18.10
- 19.04
Configuration 4
- 8.0
- 7.0
- 8.1
- 8.2
- 8.4
- 8.6
- 7.0
- 8.2
- 8.4
- 8.6
- 8.2
- 8.4
- 8.6
- 7.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
evince-0:3.28.2-8.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2019:2022
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
okular-0:4.10.5-7.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2019:2022
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
poppler-0:0.26.5-38.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2019:2022
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
poppler-0:0.66.0-11.el8_0.12
Fixed · RHSA-2019:2713
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
poppler
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
poppler
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | evince-0:3.28.2-8.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2019:2022 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | okular-0:4.10.5-7.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2019:2022 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | poppler-0:0.26.5-38.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2019:2022 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | poppler-0:0.66.0-11.el8_0.12 | Fixed | RHSA-2019:2713 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | poppler | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | poppler | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue affects the versions of poppler as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is now in Maintenance Support 2 Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This has been rated as having a security impact of Low, and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 79.55th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 79.38th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.41% (0.00411) | 74.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 21, 2024 | 0.41% (0.00411) | 74.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 25, 2024 | 0.46% (0.00461) | 74.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 27, 2023 | 0.65% (0.00653) | 77.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 0.78% (0.00778) | 79.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.71% (0.00711) | 77.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 40.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 19.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.04% (0.01040) | 28.32th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.04% (0.01040) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (9)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2022 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2713 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18897 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1646546 Issue Tracking
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/654 x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00030.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18897
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4042-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-18897
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2022 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2713 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18897 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1646546 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/654 | x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00030.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18897 | ||
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4042-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-18897 |
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