PT-2018-11515
CVE-2018-12983
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Published
2018-06-29
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Updated
2025-09-04
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.8
HighMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
PoDoFo version 0.9.6-rc1
Description
A stack-based buffer over-read in the
PdfEncryptMD5Base::ComputeEncryptionKey() function could be leveraged by remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted pdf file.Recommendations
For PoDoFo version 0.9.6-rc1, as a temporary workaround, consider disabling the
PdfEncryptMD5Base::ComputeEncryptionKey() function until a patch is available.
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