Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting podofo package, versions <0.9.6-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
2.17% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE313-PODOFO-1069279
  • published2 Feb 2021
  • disclosed9 Mar 2018

Introduced: 9 Mar 2018

CVE-2018-8002  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.13 podofo to version 0.9.6-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream podofo package and not the podofo package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.13 relevant fixed versions and status.

In PoDoFo 0.9.5, there exists an infinite loop vulnerability in PdfParserObject::ParseFileComplete() in PdfParserObject.cpp which may result in stack overflow. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service or possibly unspecified other impact via a crafted pdf file.