PT-2018-12438 · Podofo · Podofo

Published 2018-09-13 · Updated 2025-09-04 · CVE-2018-14320

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PoDoFo (affected versions not specified)

Description This issue allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations. It requires user interaction, such as visiting a malicious page or opening a malicious file. The flaw exists within PdfEncoding::ParseToUnicode due to the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, leading to a memory corruption condition. This can be leveraged to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process when combined with other vulnerabilities.

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

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-14320

MGASA-2019-0044

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11178-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15521-1

ZDI-18-1046

Affected Products

Podofo

References · 50

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14320 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-1046 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14320 · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/QYCCO7ZOZI6KUCLH6IZ5XS5LDANULNR4 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0044.html · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-14320 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2019-0044 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/2U7MKKI2OP43FRIS44DJXIJYDWTNAWQ6 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11178-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-14320 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14320 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2025:15521-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-14320 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14320 · Security Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5309 · Note