PT-2018-11515 · Podofo+4 · Podofo+4

Published 2018-06-29 · Updated 2025-09-04 · CVE-2018-12983

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV: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. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-12983

MGASA-2020-0294

OPENSUSE-SU-2022_3833-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11855-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15521-1

SUSE-SU-2022:3385-1

SUSE-SU-2022:3833-1

SUSE-SU-2022_3385-1

USN-7217-1

Affected Products

Debian

Linuxmint

Podofo

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 69

• 🔥 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1595693 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2020-0294 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11855-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-11255 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7217-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12983 · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/SSB4HRLHF7H3DPNTFPTXUE6EGXXZ5JSZ · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/WR6XY3TOLJPLXOGHYPCB42JW3SWRZNY4 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12983 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-10723 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-30471 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-12983 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2022:3833-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-8002 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/Y6ZKYPW55PN6XV5XW6KZDIJLWRXON74N · Vendor Advisory