CVE-2018-17338

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.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/grandnew/software-vulnerabilities/tree/master/pdfalto#heap-buffer-overflow-in-function-textpagedump	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/kermitt2/pdfalto/issues/29	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:pdfalto_project:pdfalto:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-09-23 05:29

Updated : 2024-02-28 16:48

NVD link : CVE-2018-17338

Mitre link : CVE-2018-17338

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-17338

JSON object : View

Products Affected

pdfalto_project

pdfalto

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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