PT-2018-14985 · Podofo+1 · Podofo+1

Ace Team · Published 2018-11-26 · Updated 2024-08-20 · CVE-2018-19532

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/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

Description A NULL pointer dereference issue exists in the function PdfTranslator::setTarget() in pdftranslator.cpp, which occurs when creating the PdfXObject. This can be exploited to cause a Denial of Service.

Recommendations For PoDoFo version 0.9.6, consider applying a patch or fix that addresses the NULL pointer dereference in the PdfTranslator::setTarget() function to prevent Denial of Service attacks. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2021-1684

ALT-PU-2022-3234

CVE-2018-19532

MGASA-2019-0044

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14278-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Podofo

References · 44

• 🔥 https://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/tickets/32 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/null-pointer-dereference-vulnerability-in-pdftranslatorsettarget-podofo-0-9-6 · Exploit
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2021-1684 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2022-01664 · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/QYCCO7ZOZI6KUCLH6IZ5XS5LDANULNR4 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14278-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/2U7MKKI2OP43FRIS44DJXIJYDWTNAWQ6 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9687 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-19532 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-19532 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20751 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20797 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0044.html · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9199 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2019-0044 · Vendor Advisory