CVE-2017-5852

MEDIUM

Podofo - Infinite Loop

Title source: rule

Description

The PoDoFo::PdfPage::GetInheritedKeyFromObject function in base/PdfVariant.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted file.

References (4)

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/12

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/10

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/01/podofo-infinite-loop-in-podofopdfpagegetinheritedkeyfromobject-pdfpage-cpp/

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97032

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0046

EPSS Percentile 63.9%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-835

Status published

Affected Products (2)

podofo_project/podofo

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Mar 01, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026