cve/2018/CVE-2018-18457.md

### [CVE-2018-18457](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-18457)
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### Description

The function DCTStream::readScan in Stream.cc in Xpdf 4.00 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted pdf file, as demonstrated by pdftoppm.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/xpdf/2018_10_16/pdftoppm
- https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/xpdf/2018_10_16/pdftoppm

#### Github
- https://github.com/0xCyberY/CVE-T4PDF
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon