Resource exhaustion in Podofo Project

CVE-2019-10723

An issue was discovered in PoDoFo 0.9.6. The PdfPagesTreeCache class in doc/PdfPagesTreeCache.cpp has an attempted excessive memory allocation because nInitialSize is not validated.

EPSS: 0.010 (58.7th 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-10723?
CVE-2019-10723 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Podofo Project, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-04-03.
How severe is CVE-2019-10723?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-10723 known to be exploited?
6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.