CVE-2018-8002 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF file triggering an infinite loop in the PoDoFo library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-8002?
CVE-2018-8002 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Podofo Project Podofo, published on 9 Mar 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
In PoDoFo 0.9.5, there exists an infinite loop vulnerability in PdfParserObject::ParseFileComplete() in PdfParserObject.cpp which may result in stack overflow. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service or possibly unspecified other impact via a crafted pdf file.
Weakness: CWE-835
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-8002?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Podofo Project Podofo.
How do I fix CVE-2018-8002?
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-2018-8002 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-8002 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Podofo Project Podofo
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-8002, GHSA-7p4w-p3xm-vgfq, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-8002.