# CVE-2018-10768: There is a NULL pointer dereference in the AnnotPath::getCoordsLength function in Annot.h in an Ubuntu package for Poppler 0.24.5.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-05-06 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106408
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00024.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3647-1/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3140
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327

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