What is CVE-2018-11255?

CVE-2018-11255 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Podofo Project, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-05-18.

How severe is CVE-2018-11255?

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

Is CVE-2018-11255 known to be exploited?

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

NULL pointer dereference in Podofo Project

CVE-2018-11255

An issue was discovered in PoDoFo 0.9.5. The function PdfPage::GetPageNumber() in PdfPage.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted PDF document.

EPSS: 0.011 (62.7th 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-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-11255?: CVE-2018-11255 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Podofo Project, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-05-18.
How severe is CVE-2018-11255?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-11255 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.