Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package libpodofo  (opens in a new tab)


Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
8.01% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1904-LIBPODOFO-533977
  • published9 Mar 2018
  • disclosed9 Mar 2018

Introduced: 9 Mar 2018

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

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:19.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libpodofo package and not the libpodofo package as distributed by Ubuntu.

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.