Buffer overflow in podofo - CVE-2018-12982
Published: June 29, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36994
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12982
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Invalid memory read in the PoDoFo::PdfVariant::DelayedLoad() function in PdfVariant.h in PoDoFo 0.9.6-rc1 allows remote attackers to have denial-of-service impact via a crafted file.
Affected software
podofo
Arch Linux
Fedora
podofo (Alpine package)
podofo
mingw-podofo
Arch Linux
Fedora
podofo (Alpine package)
podofo
mingw-podofo
How to mitigate CVE-2018-12982
Install update from vendor's website.
podofo (Alpine package) - update to 0.9.7-r0
podofo - update to 0.9.6-3.fc29
mingw-podofo - update to 0.9.6-5.fc29
podofo - update to 0.9.6-3.fc29
mingw-podofo - update to 0.9.6-5.fc29