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libpodofo — security advisory
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.
- Products
- libpodofo
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 0.9.8+dfsg-2
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-12983
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 00:52 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12983
libpodofo
Fixed versions: 0.9.8+dfsg-2
libpodofo
Fixed versions: 0.9.8+dfsg-2
libpodofo
Fixed versions: 0.9.8+dfsg-2
Complete source record
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