VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-17338
It is a heap-based buffer overflow in the function TextPage::dump in XmlAltoOutputDev.cc.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.25%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.25%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue has been found in pdfalto through 0.2. It is a heap-based buffer overflow in the function TextPage::dump in XmlAltoOutputDev.cc.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.25% probability · 69th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- pdfalto project/pdfalto
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/grandnew/software-vulnerabilities/tree/master/pdfalto#heap-buffer-overflow-in-function-textpagedumpExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/kermitt2/pdfalto/issues/29Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/grandnew/software-vulnerabilities/tree/master/pdfalto#heap-buffer-overflow-in-function-textpagedumpExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/kermitt2/pdfalto/issues/29Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.