Security advisory

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  "id": "bb014d26848c9b0dfbd1b7c993c206546ee097f81be743c0dacd14e1585dd132",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-5783",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-5783",
    "summary": "In PoDoFo 0.9.5, there is an uncontrolled memory allocation in the PoDoFo::PdfVecObjects::Reserve function (base/PdfVecObjects.h). Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted pdf file.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-5783",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2018-5783",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2018-5783"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/podofo/podofo",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "8c0d67e192b44082533dfb1fa4702847bd4d5103"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "8c0d67e192b44082533dfb1fa4702847bd4d5103"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:podofo_project:podofo:0.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0.9.5"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.9.5"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "0.9.5"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-5783.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:24.597899883Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/tickets/27/",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1536179"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-5783",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 431180,
  "published_at": "2018-01-19T08:29:00.257+00:00"
}