CVE-2015-8981

CRITICAL

PoDoFo - Heap-based Buffer Overflow in PdfParser::ReadXRefSubsection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the PdfParser::ReadXRefSubsection function in base/PdfParser.cpp in PoDoFo allows attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors related to m_offsets.size.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/20
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/15
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/code/1672

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0262
EPSS Percentile 83.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
podofo_project/podofo
Published Mar 16, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026