CVE-2018-11254 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published 18 May 2018 Updated 17 Sep 2024

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF file exploiting excessive recursion in the PoDoFo library.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2018-11254?

CVE-2018-11254 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Podofo Project Podofo, published on 18 May 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

An issue was discovered in PoDoFo 0.9.5. There is an Excessive Recursion in the PdfPagesTree::GetPageNode() function of PdfPagesTree.cpp. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service through a crafted pdf file, a related issue to CVE-2017-8054.

Weakness: CWE-674

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-11254?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Podofo Project Podofo.

How do I fix CVE-2018-11254?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2018-11254 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11254 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-11254, GHSA-397j-7mpf-rm74, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11254.