Denial of Service Vulnerability in PoDoFo by PoDoFo Developers
CVE-2018-11256

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Podofo Project

Status
Podofo
Vendor
CVE Published:
18 May 2018

What is CVE-2018-11256?

A vulnerability has been identified in PoDoFo version 0.9.5, specifically in the PdfDocument::Append() function found in PdfDocument.cpp. This flaw enables remote attackers to exploit crafted PDF documents, leading to a denial of service condition through a NULL pointer dereference which results in application crashes. Users are advised to apply suitable mitigations to safeguard against potential exploits leveraging this vulnerability.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1575851
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability Reserved

  • Vulnerability published

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