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TI-2026-32314 Aliases CVE-2026-44348

PoDoFo: Double-free vulnerability in compute_hash_to_sign()

Priority MEDIUM 46CWE-415Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Low
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

PoDoFo is a C++17 PDF manipulation library. From 1.0.0 to before 1.0.4, a double-free vulnerability exists in compute_hash_to_sign() in src/podofo/private/OpenSSLInternal_Ripped.cpp. If EVP_DigestFinal fails after buf has already been freed, the Error label frees buf a second time, causing heap corruption. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.0.4.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00096 0th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed podofo (podofo): 1.0.4

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
podofopodofo1.0.0 to before 1.0.41.0.4Patch availableCNA
  • podofo Vendorpodofo Affected 1.0.0 to before 1.0.4 Fixed in 1.0.4 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA podofo (podofo) Fixed in 1.0.4

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-44348

References

Other 2

  • TI-2026-39462 PoDoFo: Heap Out-of-Bounds Read in Indexed Color Space Image Decoding (FetchScanLine) CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9

Sources

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