PT-2018-11514 · Podofo+1 · Podofo+1

Rookie · Published 2018-06-29 · Updated 2025-09-04 · CVE-2018-12982

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PoDoFo version 0.9.6-rc1

Description The issue is related to an invalid memory read in the PoDoFo::PdfVariant::DelayedLoad() function, located in PdfVariant.h. This can be exploited by remote attackers using a crafted file, leading to a denial-of-service impact.

Recommendations For PoDoFo version 0.9.6-rc1, consider avoiding the use of the DelayedLoad() function until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the processing of crafted files to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-12982

MGASA-2019-0044

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11178-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15521-1

SUSE-SU-2019:1849-1

Affected Products

Podofo

Suse

References · 57

• 🔥 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1595689 · Exploit
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-12982 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/QYCCO7ZOZI6KUCLH6IZ5XS5LDANULNR4 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-12982 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12982 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0044.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2019:1849-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2019-0044 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/2U7MKKI2OP43FRIS44DJXIJYDWTNAWQ6 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12982 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11178-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12982 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12982 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2025:15521-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12982 · Security Note