VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-5296
Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted pdf file.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.04%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.04%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.04% probability · 62th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-770
- Affected
- podofo project/podofo
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1531956Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1531956Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.