Integer overflow in podofo - CVE-2018-5309

 

Integer overflow in podofo - CVE-2018-5309

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU37696
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5309
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: podofo.sourceforge.net
Affected software:
podofo

Detailed vulnerability description

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

In PoDoFo 0.9.5, there is an integer overflow in the PdfObjectStreamParserObject::ReadObjectsFromStream function (base/PdfObjectStreamParserObject.cpp). Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted pdf file.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-5309

Install update from vendor's website.

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