Bug 1554403 (CVE-2018-8001)

Summary:	CVE-2018-8001 podofo: heap-based buffer over-read in UnescapeName() in PdfName.cpp
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Laura Pardo <lpardo>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
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Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	dan, manisandro
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Bug Depends On:	1554399, 1554400
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Description Laura Pardo 2018-03-12 15:46:03 UTC

A flaw was found in PoDoFo 0.9.5. A heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability in UnescapeName() in PdfName.cpp. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service or possibly unspecified other impact via a crafted pdf file.


References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1549469

Comment 1 Laura Pardo 2018-03-12 15:46:46 UTC

Created podofo tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1554400]
Affects: epel-all [bug 1554399]