CVE-2018-17338 : An issue has been found in pdfalto through 0.2. It is a heap-based buffer overfl

An issue has been found in pdfalto through 0.2. It is a heap-based buffer overflow in the function TextPage::dump in XmlAltoOutputDev.cc.

Published 2018-09-23 05:29:00

Updated 2020-08-24 17:37:01

Source MITRE

View at NVD, CVE.org

Vulnerability category: OverflowMemory Corruption

Products affected by CVE-2018-17338

Pdfalto Project » Pdfalto
Versions up to, including, (<=) 0.2
cpe:2.3:a:pdfalto_project:pdfalto:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Matching versions

EPSS FAQ

0.17%

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History

~ 54 %

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source
6.8	MEDIUM	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P	8.6	6.4	NIST
Access Vector: Network Access Complexity: Medium Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: Partial Integrity Impact: Partial Availability Impact: Partial
7.8	HIGH	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	1.8	5.9	NIST
Attack Vector: Local Attack Complexity: Low Privileges Required: None User Interaction: Required Scope: Unchanged Confidentiality: High Integrity: High Availability: High

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

https://github.com/kermitt2/pdfalto/issues/29

Heap buffer overflow in function TextPage::dump · Issue #29 · kermitt2/pdfalto · GitHub
Exploit;Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/grandnew/software-vulnerabilities/tree/master/pdfalto#heap-buffer-overflow-in-function-textpagedump

software-vulnerabilities/pdfalto at master · grandnew/software-vulnerabilities · GitHub
Exploit;Third Party Advisory

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