CVE-2018-12983

Summary

CVECVE-2018-12983
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-06-29 05:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:52:00 UTC
DescriptionA stack-based buffer over-read in the PdfEncryptMD5Base::ComputeEncryptionKey() function in PdfEncrypt.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.6-rc1 could be leveraged by remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted pdf file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Podofo Project Podofo 0.9.6 rc1 All All
Application Podofo Project Podofo 0.9.6 rc1 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1595693 – one stack-based buffer overflow in PdfEncryptMD5Base::ComputeEncryptionKey() in PdfEncrypt.cpp MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: mingw-podofo-0.9.6-15.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: mingw-podofo-0.9.6-15.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: mingw-podofo-0.9.6-15.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: mingw-podofo-0.9.6-15.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 501671 Alpine Linux Security Update for podofo
  • 505251 Alpine Linux Security Update for podofo
  • 752622 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for podofo (SUSE-SU-2022:3385-1)

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