CVE-2018-5308 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Project Podofo

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference9 documents6 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.0%
top 22.91%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Debian LibpodofoPodofo Project Podofo
Timeline
PublishedJan 9
Latest updateJan 20

Description

PoDoFo 0.9.5 does not properly validate memcpy arguments in the PdfMemoryOutputStream::Write function (base/PdfOutputStream.cpp). Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service or possibly unspecified other impact via a crafted pdf file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶debiandebian/libpodofo< libpodofo 0.9.5-9 (bookworm)

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
libpodofo vulnerabilities↗2025-01-20
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GHSA
GHSA-j5hr-7jjv-x3h2: PoDoFo 0↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2018-5308: PoDoFo 0↗2018-01-09
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
PoDoFo library vulnerabilities↗2025-01-20
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Debian
CVE-2018-5308: libpodofo - PoDoFo 0.9.5 does not properly validate memcpy arguments in the PdfMemoryOutputS...↗2018
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-5308 podofo: Out-of-bounds write in dfMemoryOutputStream::Write function in base/PdfOutputStream.cpp↗2018-01-11
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-5308 podofo: Out-of-bounds write in dfMemoryOutputStream::Write function in base/PdfOutputStream.cpp [fedora-all]↗2018-01-11
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-5308 podofo: Out-of-bounds write in dfMemoryOutputStream::Write function in base/PdfOutputStream.cpp [epel-all]↗2018-01-11
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