Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting libpodofo package, versions <0.9.5-9


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-LIBPODOFO-1550564
  • published8 Jan 2018
  • disclosed8 Jan 2018

Introduced: 8 Jan 2018

CVE-2018-5295  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 libpodofo to version 0.9.5-9 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libpodofo package and not the libpodofo package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

In PoDoFo 0.9.5, there is an integer overflow in the PdfXRefStreamParserObject::ParseStream function (base/PdfXRefStreamParserObject.cpp). Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted pdf file.