CVE-2018-8002: podofo_project podofo Infinite Loop
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2018-8002 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Infinite Loop vulnerability in podofo_project podofo. EPSS estimates a 8.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2Timeline
- 09-03-2018PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In PoDoFo 0.9.5, there exists an infinite loop vulnerability in PdfParserObject::ParseFileComplete() in PdfParserObject.cpp which may result in stack overflow. 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 · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
8.01%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
95%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.86 pp
From 7.15% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundPoDoFo 0.9.5 - Buffer Overflow (PoC)
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Debian1 product
- libpodofo< 0.9.8+dfsg-1
Podofo_project1 product
- podofo0.9.5
Ubuntu1 product
- libpodofo< 0.9.3-4ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 0.9.5-9ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 0.9.6+dfsg-5ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 0.9.7+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1~esm1
3 vendors · 3 products
