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Poppler-0.68.0-x86 Now

| CVE | Issue | |-----|-------| | CVE-2018-13988 | DoS via large file (infinite loop) | | CVE-2018-16646 | NULL dereference in JPEG2000Stream::readHeader | | CVE-2018-19149 | Heap overflow via malformed PDF | | CVE-2018-20481 | Infinite recursion in JPXStream::fillReadBuf |

Keep in mind that the specifics of using Poppler will depend on the programming language and platform you're working with. poppler-0.68.0-x86

While 64-bit systems are now the standard, the poppler-0.68.0-x86 version serves several specific niches: | CVE | Issue | |-----|-------| | CVE-2018-13988

poppler-0.68.0-x86 wasn't the newest version. It was a specific snapshot in time. Elias had found it on an obscure mirror server hosted by a university in Berlin. He had chosen the x86 architecture deliberately; he was running this on a virtual machine emulating a 32-bit environment, trying to match the hardware profile of the era when the files were created. It was a "like dissolves like" approach to data recovery. Elias had found it on an obscure mirror

The legacy software package poppler-0.68.0-x86 represents a specific point in the evolution of the

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