cve/2018/CVE-2018-5296.md

### [CVE-2018-5296](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-5296)
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### Description

In PoDoFo 0.9.5, there is an uncontrolled memory allocation in the PdfParser::ReadXRefSubsection function (base/PdfParser.cpp). Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted pdf file.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1531956

#### Github
- https://github.com/0xCyberY/CVE-T4PDF
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- https://github.com/ICSE2020-MemLock/MemLock_Benchmark
- https://github.com/SZU-SE/MemLock_Benchmark
- https://github.com/SZU-SE/Uncontrolled-allocation-Fuzzer-TestSuite
- https://github.com/andir/nixos-issue-db-example
- https://github.com/tzf-key/MemLock_Benchmark
- https://github.com/tzf-omkey/MemLock_Benchmark
- https://github.com/wcventure/MemLock_Benchmark