What is CVE-2018-18274?

CVE-2018-18274 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pdfalto_project Pdfalto, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-10-12.

How severe is CVE-2018-18274?

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

Buffer overflow in Pdfalto_project Pdfalto

CVE-2018-18274

A issue was found in pdfalto 0.2. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the TextPage::addAttributsNode function 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 — versions 0.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-18274?: CVE-2018-18274 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pdfalto_project Pdfalto, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-10-12.
How severe is CVE-2018-18274?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.