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medium 5.5

CVE-2020-18971 json

Stack-based Buffer Overflow in PoDoFo v0.9.6 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via the component 'src/base/PdfDictionary.cpp:65…

published 2021-08-25 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-10882

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 52%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Stack-based Buffer Overflow in PoDoFo v0.9.6 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via the component 'src/base/PdfDictionary.cpp:65'.

Patch / fix

  • libpodofo Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.9.8+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-18971

  • libpodofo Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 0.9.6+dfsg-5ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • libpodofo Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS 0.9.7+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-18971

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • podofo SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP7 0.9.6-150300.3.18.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:4311-1

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-2020-18971 updated cvss 6.5

podofo: stack-based buffer overflow in src/base/PdfDictionary.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

0.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • sourceforge.net https://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/tickets/48/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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