VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-18274
There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the TextPage::addAttributsNode function 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
A issue was found in pdfalto 0.2. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the TextPage::addAttributsNode function 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 · 68th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- pdfalto project/pdfalto
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/pdfaltoExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/kermitt2/pdfalto/issues/33Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/pdfaltoExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/kermitt2/pdfalto/issues/33Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.