6.5

CVE-2018-10768: canonical ubuntu_linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 6.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-10768DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10768
Published 06-05-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-10768 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 2.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
36/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.35%
0%100%
Low · -0.05 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 2
DLA-1562-1MGASA-2018-0290RHSA-2018:3140SUSE-SU-2020:1626-1USN-3647-1

Timeline

  1. 06-05-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

There is a NULL pointer dereference in the AnnotPath::getCoordsLength function in Annot.h in an Ubuntu package for Poppler 0.24.5. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack. Later Ubuntu packages such as for Poppler 0.41.0 are not affected.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.35%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

83%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.05 pp

From 2.40% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
2.35%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugs.freedesktop.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat4 products
Debian2 products
Canonical1 product
Freedesktop1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • poppler< 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.11

5 vendors · 9 products

References

10 links