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high 8.8

CVE-2018-19532 json

A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the function PdfTranslator::setTarget() in pdftranslator.cpp of PoDoFo 0.9.6, while crea…

published 2018-11-26 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-11221

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • libpodofo Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.9.6+dfsg-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19532

  • podofo openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.10.3-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14278-1

  • podofo Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +9 more 0.9.7-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2018-19532

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • podofo Arch Linux 0.9.7-1

arch linux advisories AVG-867

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-19532 updated cvss 3.3

podofo: NULL pointer dereference in PdfTranslator::setTarget() in pdftranslator.cpp

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • research.loginsoft.com https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/null-pointer-dereference-vulnerability-in-pdftranslatorsettarget-podofo-0-9-6/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • sourceforge.net https://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/tickets/32/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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