Uncontrolled Recursion in podofo - CVE-2018-11254
Published: May 18, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37115
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-2018-11254
CWE-ID: CWE-674
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.
An issue was discovered in PoDoFo 0.9.5. There is an Excessive Recursion in the PdfPagesTree::GetPageNode() function of PdfPagesTree.cpp. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service through a crafted pdf file, a related issue to CVE-2017-8054.
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-2018-11254
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