NULL pointer dereference in podofo - CVE-2018-11256

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NULL pointer dereference in podofo - CVE-2018-11256

Published: May 18, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU37117
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-2018-11256
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error. A remote attacker can trigger denial of service conditions via a crafted PDF document.


Affected software

podofo
Arch Linux
Fedora
podofo (Alpine package)
podofo
mingw-podofo

How to mitigate CVE-2018-11256

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

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

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