5.5

CVE-2018-5296: podofo_project podofo

CVSS: 5.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-5296DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5296
Published 08-01-2018Last modified 16-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-5296 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in podofo_project podofo. EPSS estimates a 1.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.04%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 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. 08-01-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In PoDoFo 0.9.5, there is an uncontrolled memory allocation in the PdfParser::ReadXRefSubsection function (base/PdfParser.cpp). Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted pdf file.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.04%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

63%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.04% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.04%

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-3
Podofo_project1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • libpodofoAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

4 links