diff --git a/poppler-0.73.0-negative-xref-indices.patch b/poppler-0.73.0-negative-xref-indices.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..637c9a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/poppler-0.73.0-negative-xref-indices.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+From b54e1fc3e0d2600621a28d50f9f085b9e38619c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Adam Reichold <adam.reichold@t-online.de>
+Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2019 08:42:27 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Also defend against requests for negative XRef indices.
+ oss-fuzz/12797
+
+---
+ poppler/XRef.cc | 5 +++++
+ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/poppler/XRef.cc b/poppler/XRef.cc
+index d042d1f4..ac2cd0ce 100644
+--- a/poppler/XRef.cc
++++ b/poppler/XRef.cc
+@@ -1565,6 +1565,11 @@ DummyXRefEntry dummyXRefEntry;
+ 
+ XRefEntry *XRef::getEntry(int i, bool complainIfMissing)
+ {
++  if (unlikely(i < 0)) {
++    error(errInternal, -1, "Request for invalid XRef entry [{0:d}]", i);
++    return &dummyXRefEntry;
++  }
++
+   if (i >= size || entries[i].type == xrefEntryNone) {
+ 
+     if ((!xRefStream) && mainXRefEntriesOffset) {
+-- 
+2.20.1
+
diff --git a/poppler.spec b/poppler.spec
index 1cc76cd..a7e2f23 100644
--- a/poppler.spec
+++ b/poppler.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Summary: PDF rendering library
 Name:    poppler
 Version: 0.73.0
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 License: (GPLv2 or GPLv3) and GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ and MIT
 URL:     http://poppler.freedesktop.org/
 Source0: http://poppler.freedesktop.org/poppler-%{version}.tar.xz
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ Patch6:  poppler-0.63.0-tiling-patterns.patch
 
 Patch7:  poppler-0.67.0-qt4-const.patch
 
+# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1672419
+Patch8:  poppler-0.73.0-negative-xref-indices.patch
+
 BuildRequires: cmake
 BuildRequires: gcc-c++
 BuildRequires: gettext-devel
@@ -252,6 +255,10 @@ test "$(pkg-config --modversion poppler-splash)" = "%{version}"
 %{_mandir}/man1/*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb 20 2019 Marek Kasik <mkasik@redhat.com> - 0.73.0-3
+- Defend against requests for negative XRef indices
+- Resolves: #1672420
+
 * Sat Feb 02 2019 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.73.0-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_30_Mass_Rebuild