Out-of-bounds read in podofo - CVE-2018-8001

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Out-of-bounds read in podofo - CVE-2018-8001

Published: March 9, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU37453
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8001
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

In PoDoFo 0.9.5, there exists a heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability in UnescapeName() in PdfName.cpp. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service or possibly unspecified other impact via a crafted pdf file.


Affected software

podofo
podofo (Alpine package)
Opensuse

How to mitigate CVE-2018-8001

Install update from vendor's website.

podofo (Alpine package) - update to 0.9.7-r0

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