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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2018-5783 json

In PoDoFo 0.9.5, there is an uncontrolled memory allocation in the PoDoFo::PdfVecObjects::Reserve function (base/PdfVecObjects.h).

published 2018-01-19 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-17550

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 64%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In PoDoFo 0.9.5, there is an uncontrolled memory allocation in the PoDoFo::PdfVecObjects::Reserve function (base/PdfVecObjects.h). Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted pdf file.

Patch / fix

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

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5783

  • podofo SLED 12 SP4, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP4 0.9.2-3.9.2
  • podofo SLED 12 SP4, SLED 12 SP3, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP4 +3 more 0.9.2-3.6.3

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:1849-1SUSE-SU-2019:0393-1

  • podofo-0_10 openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.10.5-1.1
  • podofo openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.9.7-2.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:15521-1openSUSE-SU-2024:11178-1

  • podofo Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +9 more 0.9.6-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2018-5783

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-2018-5783 updated cvss 4.7

podofo: uncontrolled memory allocation in the PoDoFo::PdfVecObjects::Reserve function in base/PdfVecObjects.h

  • 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

1.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1536179 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/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
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

Sources

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