CVE-2018-14320
Description
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations of PoDoFo. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within PdfEncoding::ParseToUnicode. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a memory corruption condition. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-5673.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-14320
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14320.html
Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202101-36
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 0.9.7-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0.9.6+dfsg-4 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0.9.6+dfsg-4 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0.9.6+dfsg-4 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0.9.6+dfsg-4 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0.9.6+dfsg-4 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.