NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libpodofo package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.1% (65th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-LIBPODOFO-319145
  • published18 May 2018
  • disclosed18 May 2018

Introduced: 18 May 2018

CVE-2018-11255  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:9 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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in PoDoFo 0.9.5. The function PdfPage::GetPageNumber() in PdfPage.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted PDF document.