CVE-2018-8002

HIGH

PoDoFo 0.9.5 - Denial of Service via Infinite Loop in PdfParserObject

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2018-8002. PoCs published by r4xis.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a stack-based buffer overflow in PoDoFo 0.9.5 via recursive function calls triggered by malformed PDF files containing excessive '[' or '<<' characters. The PoC crashes the application by causing a stack overflow during PDF parsing.

Description

In PoDoFo 0.9.5, there exists an infinite loop vulnerability in PdfParserObject::ParseFileComplete() in PdfParserObject.cpp which may result in stack overflow. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service or possibly unspecified other impact via a crafted pdf file.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by r4xis · textdoslinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44946

This exploit demonstrates a stack-based buffer overflow in PoDoFo 0.9.5 via recursive function calls triggered by malformed PDF files containing excessive '[' or '<<' characters. The PoC crashes the application by causing a stack overflow during PDF parsing.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: PoDoFo 0.9.3, 0.9.4, 0.9.5
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to execute podofopdfinfo on a vulnerable system
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1548930
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44946/

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0846
EPSS Percentile 94.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-835
Status published
Products (1)
podofo_project/podofo 0.9.5
Published Mar 09, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026