What is CVE-2018-5296?

CVE-2018-5296 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Podofo Project, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-01-08.

How severe is CVE-2018-5296?

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

Is CVE-2018-5296 known to be exploited?

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

Resource exhaustion in Podofo Project

CVE-2018-5296

In PoDoFo 0.9.5, there is an uncontrolled memory allocation in the PdfParser::ReadXRefSubsection function (base/PdfParser.cpp). Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted pdf file.

EPSS: 0.010 (60.6th 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-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5296?: CVE-2018-5296 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Podofo Project, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-01-08.
How severe is CVE-2018-5296?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-5296 known to be exploited?: 9 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.