CVE-2018-5296

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

En PoDoFo 0.9.5, existe una asignación de memoria sin control en la función PdfParser::ReadXRefSubsection (base/PdfParser.cpp). Los atacantes remotos podrían utilizar esta vulnerabilidad para provocar una denegación de servicio (DoS) mediante un archivo pdf manipulado.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2018-01-08 CVE Reserved
2018-01-08 CVE Published
2024-09-16 CVE Updated
2024-09-16 First Exploit
2024-09-17 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1531956	2024-09-16

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Podofo Project Search vendor "Podofo Project"		Podofo Search vendor "Podofo Project" for product "Podofo"				0.9.5 Search vendor "Podofo Project" for product "Podofo" and version "0.9.5"		-		Affected