NULL pointer dereference in podofo - CVE-2018-19532

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NULL pointer dereference in podofo - CVE-2018-19532

Published: November 26, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU36388
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-19532
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: podofo.sourceforge.net
Affected software:
podofo

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in the function PdfTranslator::setTarget() in pdftranslator.cpp of PoDoFo 0.9.6, while creating the PdfXObject, as demonstrated by podofoimpose. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-19532

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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