PT-2018-18371 · Podofo+2 · Podofo+2

Ziqiang Gu · Published 2018-03-09 · Updated 2025-09-04 · CVE-2018-8001

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 0.9.5

Description: The issue is related to a heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability in the UnescapeName() function in PdfName.cpp. This could allow remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service or possibly other unspecified impacts by using a crafted pdf file.

Recommendations: For PoDoFo version 0.9.5, as a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the UnescapeName() function in PdfName.cpp until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2273

CVE-2018-8001

MGASA-2019-0044

OPENSUSE-SU-2019_0066-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11178-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024_3550-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15521-1

SUSE-SU-2018:2481-1

SUSE-SU-2024:3550-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Podofo

Suse

References · 83

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-8001 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-8001 · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/QYCCO7ZOZI6KUCLH6IZ5XS5LDANULNR4 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2024:3550-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:2481-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0044.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2019-0044 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-8001 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/2U7MKKI2OP43FRIS44DJXIJYDWTNAWQ6 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-8001 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11178-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8001 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2025:15521-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8001 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-8001 · Vendor Advisory