What is CVE-2018-11254?

CVE-2018-11254 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Podofo Project, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-05-18.

How severe is CVE-2018-11254?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-11254 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Podofo Project

CVE-2018-11254

An issue was discovered in PoDoFo 0.9.5. There is an Excessive Recursion in the PdfPagesTree::GetPageNode() function of PdfPagesTree.cpp. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service through a crafted pdf file, a related issue to CVE-2017-8054.

EPSS: 0.011 (62.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Podofo_project Podofo — versions 0.9.5
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-674 — Uncontrolled Recursion

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-11254?: CVE-2018-11254 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Podofo Project, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-05-18.
How severe is CVE-2018-11254?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-11254 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.