CVE-2018-12983

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Published — · Modified —

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

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VIR risk

5.5

Description

A stack-based buffer over-read in the PdfEncryptMD5Base::ComputeEncryptionKey() function in PdfEncrypt.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.6-rc1 could be leveraged by remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted pdf file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-12983

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12983.html

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
arch		affected
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`0.9.8+dfsg-2`
debian	bullseye	affected
debian	forky	fixed	`0.9.8+dfsg-2`
debian	sid	fixed	`0.9.8+dfsg-2`
debian	trixie	fixed	`0.9.8+dfsg-2`

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12983.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-12983

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.