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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-8001

In PoDoFo 0.9.5, there exists a heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability in UnescapeName() in PdfName.cpp. Remote attackers could leverage this vulne...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

In PoDoFo 0.9.5, there exists a heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability in UnescapeName() in PdfName.cpp. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service or possibly unspecified other impact via a crafted pdf file.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 libpodofo

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.9.6+dfsg-3"}]}]

Debian:13 libpodofo

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.9.6+dfsg-3"}]}]

Debian:14 libpodofo

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.9.6+dfsg-3"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org