Vulnerability CVE-2018-15889


Published: 2018-08-26

Description:
In podofo 0.9.6, the function PoDoFo::PdfParser::ReadObjects() in base/PdfParser.cpp can cause the program to be aborted, because PoDoFo::PdfVecObjects::Reserve() in base/PdfVecObjects.h can be called with a large size value. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted pdf file.

Type:

CWE-20

(Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Podofo project -> Podofo 

 References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1620065
https://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/tickets/27/

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