CVE-2018-5296

Summary

CVE	CVE-2018-5296
State	PUBLIC
Assigner	[email protected]
Source Priority	CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published	2018-01-08 07:29:00 UTC
Updated	2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-770

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language
Application	Podofo Project	Podofo	0.9.5	All	All	All
Application	Podofo Project	Podofo	0.9.5	All	All	All

References

Reference	Source	Link	Tags
1531956 – podofoimgextract: memory malloc failure in PdfParser::ReadXRefSubsection (src/base/PdfParser.cpp)	MISC	bugzilla.redhat.com	Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record	CVE.ORG	www.cve.org	canonical
NVD vulnerability detail	NVD	nvd.nist.gov	canonical, analysis

No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.

Legacy QID Mappings

501671 Alpine Linux Security Update for podofo
505251 Alpine Linux Security Update for podofo