An issue has been found in pdfalto through 0.2.
Priority LOW 37CWE-787Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
An issue has been found in pdfalto through 0.2. It is a heap-based buffer overflow in the function TextPage::dump in XmlAltoOutputDev.cc.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01246 69th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:pdfalto_project:pdfalto:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 0.2 | Vulnerable | Pdfalto Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:pdfalto_project:pdfalto:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 0.2 Vulnerable ·Pdfalto Project
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-17338
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x8xr-qp8g-94v6
References
More Pdfalto Project Pdfalto vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-14014 PDFAlto v0.4 was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow via the component /pdfalto/src/pdfalto.cc. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-12914 A issue was found in pdfalto 0.2. CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2019-07257 There is an invalid memory access in the function GfxIndexedColorSpace::mapColorToBase()… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2018-17338 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-17338 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x8xr-qp8g-94v6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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