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#13 CVE-2018-8000 - heap-based buffer overflow in PoDoFo::PdfTokenizer::GetNextToken()

SVN TRUNK
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nobody
security (37)
2018-03-11
2018-03-10
No

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-8000
PoC https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1548918

In PoDoFo 0.9.5, there exists a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in PoDoFo::PdfTokenizer::GetNextToken() in PdfTokenizer.cpp, a related issue to CVE-2017-5886 (debian tracker, fixed at r1837). Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service or potentially execute arbitrary code via a crafted pdf file.

Discussion

  • zyx

    zyx - 2018-03-11

    I cannot reproduce this with svn trunk at r1908. When I revert r1837, then I can reproduce this. Thus I believe this is the same issue as CVE-2017-5886.

     
  • zyx

    zyx - 2018-03-11
    • status: open --> closed