UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5308

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5308

    Published: 9 Jan 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-5308
    Aliases:
    USN-7217-1

    Summary:

    Details: PoDoFo 0.9.5 does not properly validate memcpy arguments in the PdfMemoryOutputStream::Write function (base/PdfOutputStream.cpp). Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service or possibly unspecified other impact via a crafted pdf file.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5308, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1532390, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5308, 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