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Unscored USN-3837-2 2 CVEs

poppler regression

Published Dec 11, 2018 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

USN-3837-1 fixed vulnerabilities in poppler. A regression was reported
regarding the previous update. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain PDF files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2018-16646)

It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain PDF files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
(CVE-2018-19149)

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS poppler 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.14
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS poppler 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.10
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS poppler 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.5

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16646
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-19149