6.5

CVE-2018-11256: podofo_project podofo NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 6.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-11256DEBIAN-CVE-2018-11256
Published 18-05-2018Last modified 16-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-11256 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in podofo_project podofo. EPSS estimates a 1.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
36/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.36%
0%100%
Low · -0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 3
MGASA-2019-0044OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11178-1OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15521-1SUSE-SU-2019:0393-1

Timeline

  1. 18-05-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in PoDoFo 0.9.5. The function PdfDocument::Append() in PdfDocument.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted PDF document.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.36%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

71%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.02 pp

From 1.39% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.36%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugzilla.redhat.com)

    Maturity: unknown

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