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CVE-2018-18274

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-18274 is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability found in pdfalto 0.2, specifically within the TextPage::addAttributsNode function in XmlAltoOutputDev.cc. This flaw carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant risk where an attacker could achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts through local access and user interaction. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or notable community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pdfalto_project:pdfalto:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
66.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0125 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 11,615 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

github.com / kermitt2/pdfalto/issues/33
Third Party Advisory
github.com / TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/pdfalto
ExploitThird Party Advisory