CVE-2018-5296

MEDIUM

PoDoFo 0.9.5 - Denial of Service via Crafted PDF File

Title source: llm

Description

In PoDoFo 0.9.5, there is an uncontrolled memory allocation in the PdfParser::ReadXRefSubsection function (base/PdfParser.cpp). Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted pdf file.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1531956

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0104

EPSS Percentile 59.7%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-770

Status published

Products (1)

podofo_project/podofo 0.9.5

Published Jan 08, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026