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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-8000: Out-of-bounds Write

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-8000: Out-of-bounds Write

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/09/2018
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/22/2024

Description

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. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service or potentially execute arbitrary code via a crafted pdf file.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-podofo

References

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