UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12983

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12983

    Published: 29 Jun 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-12983
    Aliases:
    USN-7217-1

    Summary:

    Details: A stack-based buffer over-read in the PdfEncryptMD5Base::ComputeEncryptionKey() function in PdfEncrypt.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.6-rc1 could be leveraged by remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted pdf file.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12983, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1595693, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12983, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7217-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libpodofo

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~esm3?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.9.0-1.2ubuntu0.1~esm3

    Affected versions

    0.9.0-1.1ubuntu1
    0.9.0-1.2
    0.9.0-1.2ubuntu0.1~esm1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High