Is CVE-2018-13988 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-13988 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-13988?

CVE-2018-13988 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-13988?

CVE-2018-13988 has an EPSS score of 3.15% (86th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-13988?

Upgrade poppler on debian 11 to 0.69.0-2 or later. Fixes are available for 6 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-13988

MEDIUMEPSS 86th pctl

6.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Poppler through 0.62 contains an out of bounds read vulnerability due to an incorrect memory access that is not mapped in its memory space, as demonstrated by pdfunite. This can result in memory corruption and denial of service. This may be exploitable when a victim opens a specially crafted PDF file.

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

How to fix

Remediation Available

popplerDebian

Fixed in:0.69.0-2CVE-2018-13988

libpoppler44Ubuntu

Fixed in:0.24.5-2ubuntu4.12USN-3757-1

libpoppler58Ubuntu

Fixed in:0.41.0-0ubuntu1.8USN-3757-1

libpoppler73Ubuntu

Fixed in:0.62.0-2ubuntu2.2USN-3757-1

popplerUbuntu

Fixed in:0.24.5-2ubuntu4.12USN-3757-1

Fixed in:0.41.0-0ubuntu1.8USN-3757-1

Fixed in:0.62.0-2ubuntu2.2USN-3757-1

poppler-utilsUbuntu

Fixed in:0.24.5-2ubuntu4.12USN-3757-1

Fixed in:0.41.0-0ubuntu1.8USN-3757-1

Fixed in:0.62.0-2ubuntu2.2USN-3757-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

3.15%probability of exploitation in 30 days

86thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 86% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

cgit.freedesktop.org

Third-Party Advisory8

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2014-0160	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-5777	High	7.5	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-4034	High	7.8	95%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-21769	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-49285	High	8.6	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-8794	Critical	9.8	89%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.