DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5296

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-5296
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5296.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5296
Upstream
Published
2018-01-08T07:29:00.713Z
Modified
2025-11-19T01:08:52.579481Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

In PoDoFo 0.9.5, there is an uncontrolled memory allocation in the PdfParser::ReadXRefSubsection function (base/PdfParser.cpp). Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted pdf file.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / libpodofo

Package

Name
libpodofo
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libpodofo?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.9.6+dfsg-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5296.json"

Debian:12 / libpodofo

Package

Name
libpodofo
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libpodofo?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.9.6+dfsg-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5296.json"

Debian:13 / libpodofo

Package

Name
libpodofo
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libpodofo?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.9.6+dfsg-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5296.json"

Debian:14 / libpodofo

Package

Name
libpodofo
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libpodofo?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.9.6+dfsg-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5296.json"