What is CVE-2018-17338?

CVE-2018-17338 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pdfalto_project Pdfalto, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-09-23.

How severe is CVE-2018-17338?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-17338 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in Pdfalto_project Pdfalto

CVE-2018-17338

An issue has been found in pdfalto through 0.2. It is a heap-based buffer overflow in the function TextPage::dump in XmlAltoOutputDev.cc.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.012 (66.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Pdfalto_project Pdfalto
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17338?: CVE-2018-17338 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pdfalto_project Pdfalto, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-09-23.
How severe is CVE-2018-17338?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-17338 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.