HighGHSA-7jg2-jgv3-fmr4CVE-2018-5158
Malicious PDF can inject JavaScript into PDF Viewer
Published 14 May 2022 · Updated 28 May 2024
Affected packages
pdfjs-distnpm
- Affected
- >=2.0.0 <2.0.550
- Fixed in
- 2.0.550
Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:
npm install pdfjs-dist@2.0.550pdfjs-distnpm
- Affected
- <1.10.100
- Fixed in
- 1.10.100
Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:
npm install pdfjs-dist@1.10.100Details
The PDF viewer does not sufficiently sanitize PostScript calculator functions, allowing malicious JavaScript to be injected through a crafted PDF file. This JavaScript can then be run with the permissions of the PDF viewer by its worker. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.8, Firefox < 60 and PDF.js < 2.0.550.
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References
- Advisorynvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5158
- Linkgithub.com/mozilla/pdf.js/pull/9659
- Linkgithub.com/mozilla/pdf.js/commit/2dc4af525d1612c98afcd1e6bee57d4788f78f97
- Linkaccess.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1414
- Linkaccess.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1415
- Linkbugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1452075
- Packagegithub.com/mozilla/pdf.js
- Linklists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00007.html
- Linksecurity.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01
- Linkusn.ubuntu.com/3645-1
- Linkwww.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4199
- Linkwww.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11
- Linkwww.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-12
- Linkwww.securityfocus.com/bid/104136
- Linkwww.securitytracker.com/id/1040896
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