Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 8, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-5296
CVE-2018-5296
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.
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Affected products
9- Range: = 0.9.5
- osv-coords8 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/podofo-0_10&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/podofo&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/podofo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/podofo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/podofo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/podofo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/podofo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/podofo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP4
< 0.10.5-1.1+ 7 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0.10.5-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.9.7-2.2
- (no CPE)range: < 0.9.2-3.6.3
- (no CPE)range: < 0.9.2-3.6.3
- (no CPE)range: < 0.9.2-3.6.3
- (no CPE)range: < 0.9.2-3.6.3
- (no CPE)range: < 0.9.2-3.6.3
- (no CPE)range: < 0.9.2-3.6.3
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory
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