5.5

CVE-2018-11254: podofo_project podofo Uncontrolled Recursion

CVSS: 5.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-11254DEBIAN-CVE-2018-11254
Published 18-05-2018Last modified 17-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-11254 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in podofo_project podofo. EPSS estimates a 1.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.09%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
MGASA-2019-0044

Timeline

  1. 18-05-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in PoDoFo 0.9.5. There is an Excessive Recursion in the PdfPagesTree::GetPageNode() function of PdfPagesTree.cpp. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service through a crafted pdf file, a related issue to CVE-2017-8054.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.09%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

65%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.09% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.09%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • libpodofo< 0.9.6+dfsg-4
Podofo_project1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • libpodofoAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

4 links