What is CVE-2018-12982?

CVE-2018-12982 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Podofo Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-06-29.

How severe is CVE-2018-12982?

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

Buffer overflow in Podofo Project

CVE-2018-12982

Invalid memory read in the PoDoFo::PdfVariant::DelayedLoad() function in PdfVariant.h in PoDoFo 0.9.6-rc1 allows remote attackers to have denial-of-service impact via a crafted file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.011 (61.5th 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 0.9.6
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12982?: CVE-2018-12982 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Podofo Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-06-29.
How severe is CVE-2018-12982?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.