Asymmetric denial of service In poppler

Description

XRef::getEntry in XRef.cc in Poppler 0.72.0 mishandles unallocated XRef entries, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted PDF document, when XRefEntry::setFlag in XRef.h is called from Parser::makeStream in Parser.cc.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

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