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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pdfalto_project:pdfalto:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.