CVE-2018-5308: podofo_project podofo NULL Pointer Dereference
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2018-5308 is a high (CVSS 7.8) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in podofo_project podofo. EPSS estimates a 1.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 6Timeline
- 09-01-2018PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
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.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.30%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
70%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
-0.01 pp
From 1.31% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (bugzilla.redhat.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Debian1 product
- libpodofo< 0.9.5-9
Podofo_project1 product
- podofo0.9.5
Ubuntu1 product
- libpodofo< 0.9.0-1.2ubuntu0.1~esm3 | < 0.9.3-4ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 0.9.6+dfsg-5ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 0.9.7+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1~esm1
3 vendors · 3 products
References
5 links- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1532390X Refsource MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryREPORT
