Bug 1656191 (CVE-2018-19532) - CVE-2018-19532 podofo: NULL pointer dereference in PdfTranslator::setTarget() in pdftranslator.cpp
Summary: CVE-2018-19532 podofo: NULL pointer dereference in PdfTranslator::setTarget()...
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2018-19532
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1656193 1656194
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-12-04 22:09 UTC by Laura Pardo
Modified: 2019-09-29 15:03 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-06-10 10:43:35 UTC
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Description Laura Pardo 2018-12-04 22:09:51 UTC 
An issue was found in PoDoFo 0.9.6. A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the function PdfTranslator::setTarget() in pdftranslator.cpp while creating the PdfXObject, as demonstrated by podofoimpose. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service. 


References: 
https://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/tickets/32/ 
https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/null-pointer-dereference-vulnerability-in-pdftranslatorsettarget-podofo-0-9-6/
Comment 1 Laura Pardo 2018-12-04 22:10:50 UTC 
Created podofo tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1656193]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1656194]
Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-10 10:43:35 UTC 
This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.
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