CVE Vulnerability

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.

6.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

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

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

Configuration 1

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

Published : 2018-09-23 05:29

Updated : 2020-08-24 05:37

NVD link : CVE-2018-17338

Mitre link : CVE-2018-17338

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-787