An issue was discovered in xpdf 4.00.

published 2018-02-15 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-18917

cvss: 5.5; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.8%; EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 57%
public exploits: 0; none known

An issue was discovered in xpdf 4.00. A NULL pointer dereference in readCodestream allows an attacker to cause denial of service via a JPX image with zero components.

Patch / fix

distros 1

xpdf Arch Linux 4.01.01-1

arch linux advisories AVG-640

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-7175 updated 2025-11-21

xpdf: Multiple vulnerabilities

Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	5.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

References

forum.xpdfreader.com /viewtopic.php?f=3&t=613
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-7175
NVD CVE-2018-7175

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Summary