CVE-2017-5855

MEDIUM

Podofo - NULL Pointer Dereference

Title source: rule

Description

The PoDoFo::PdfParser::ReadXRefSubsection function in PdfParser.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted file.

References (2)

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/01/podofo-null-pointer-dereference-in-podofopdfparserreadxrefsubsection-pdfparser-cpp/

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96516

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0043

EPSS Percentile 62.6%

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-476

Status published

Affected Products (2)

podofo_project/podofo

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Mar 01, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026