UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14320

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14320

    Published: 17 Sept 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-14320

    Summary:

    Details: This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations of PoDoFo. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within PdfEncoding::ParseToUnicode. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a memory corruption condition. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-5673.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14320, https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-1046/, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14320

    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 -None

    Affected versions

    0.9.0-1.1ubuntu1
    0.9.0-1.2
    0.9.0-1.2ubuntu0.1~esm1
    0.9.0-1.2ubuntu0.1~esm3

    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
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