Infinite loop in podofo - CVE-2018-8002
Published: March 9, 2018 / Updated: June 17, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37454
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-2018-8002
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
In PoDoFo 0.9.5, there exists an infinite loop vulnerability in PdfParserObject::ParseFileComplete() in PdfParserObject.cpp which may result in stack overflow. 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)
podofo (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2018-8002
Install update from vendor's website.
podofo (Alpine package) - update to 0.9.7-r0