CVE-2018-8107: Xpdfreader Xpdf

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The JPXStream::close function in JPXStream.cc in xpdf 4.00 allows attackers to launch denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a specific pdf file, as demonstrated by pdftohtml.

Affected products

• Xpdfreader Xpdf: version 4.00 only

Published 2018-03-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.