CVEvulnerability

CVE-2018-5296

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2018-01-08 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-01-08
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-770

Description

In PoDoFo 0.9.5, there is an uncontrolled memory allocation in the PdfParser::ReadXRefSubsection function (base/PdfParser.cpp). Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted pdf file.

Affected configurations

• podofo project podofo 0.9.5

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling weakness

References