What is CVE-2018-19532?

CVE-2018-19532 is a high-severity vulnerability in Podofo Project, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-11-26.

How severe is CVE-2018-19532?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Podofo Project

CVE-2018-19532

A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the function PdfTranslator::setTarget() in pdftranslator.cpp of PoDoFo 0.9.6, while creating the PdfXObject, as demonstrated by podofoimpose. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service.

Published 2018-11-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (75.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 75.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Podofo Project — versions 0.9.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

sourceforge.net/p/podofo/tickets/32/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
research.loginsoft.com/bugs/null-pointer-dereference-vulnerability-in-pdftransl… (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-19532?: CVE-2018-19532 is a high-severity vulnerability in Podofo Project, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-11-26.
How severe is CVE-2018-19532?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.