{"schemaVersion":3,"id":"USN-7217-1","aliases":[],"status":"published","duplicateOf":null,"title":null,"description":"libpodofo vulnerabilities\n\nIt was discovered that the PoDoFo library could dereference a NULL pointer\nwhen getting the number of pages in a PDF. If a user or application were\ntricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could possibly use\nthis issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected\nUbuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.\n(CVE-2018-11255)\n\nIt was discovered that PoDoFo library incorrectly handled memory when\ncomputing an encryption key, which could lead to a buffer overflow. If a\nuser or application were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an\nattacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.\n(CVE-2018-12983)\n\nIt was discovered that the PoDoFo library incorrectly handled memory\nallocation. If a user or application were tricked into opening a crafted\nPDF file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of\nservice. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and\nUbuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-20797)\n\nIt was discovered that the PoDoFo library did not properly validate memcpy\narguments. If a user or application were tricked into opening a crafted\nPDF file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of\nservice or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected\nUbuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-5308)\n\nIt was discovered that the PoDoFo library incorrectly handled memory in\nthe GetNextToken function, which could lead to a buffer overflow. If a\nuser or application were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an\nattacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.\nThis issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-5886)\n\nIt was discovered that the PoDoFo library could enter an infinite loop,\nwhich could lead to a stack overflow. If a user or application were\ntricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could possibly use\nthis issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This\nissue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.\n(CVE-2018-8002, CVE-2020-18971, CVE-2021-30471, CVE-2021-30470)\n\nIt was discovered that the PoDoFo library incorrectly handled memory\nallocation due to nInitialSize not being validated. If a user or\napplication were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker\ncould possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue\nonly affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and\nUbuntu 20.04 LTS. 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