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CVE-2018-8002 json

In PoDoFo 0.9.5, there exists an infinite loop vulnerability in PdfParserObject::ParseFileComplete() in PdfParserObject.cpp which may resul…

published 2018-03-09 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-19714

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
8.0%
EPSS 8.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

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

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-8002

  • libpodofo Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 0.9.3-4ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • libpodofo Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 0.9.5-9ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • 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-2018-8002

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

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:4311-1

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

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2018-8002

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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-2018-8002 updated cvss 4.3

podofo: infinite loop in PdfParserObject::ParseFileComplete() in PdfParserObject.cpp

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

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-44946)

Exploit prediction

8.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-44946 PoDoFo 0.9.5 - Buffer Overflow (PoC) dos, 2018-06-26

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
  • CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition

References

Sources

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