Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libpodofo package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-LIBPODOFO-319104
  • published9 Mar 2018
  • disclosed9 Mar 2018

Introduced: 9 Mar 2018

CVE-2018-8001  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:8 libpodofo.

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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In PoDoFo 0.9.5, there exists a heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability in UnescapeName() in PdfName.cpp. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service or possibly unspecified other impact via a crafted pdf file.