CVE-2017-6840

MEDIUM

PoDoFo 0.9.5 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

The ColorChanger::GetColorFromStack function in colorchanger.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read) via a crafted file.

References (1)

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/03/02/podofo-invalid-memory-read-in-colorchangergetcolorfromstack-colorchanger-cpp/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0037

EPSS Percentile 58.5%

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-125

Status published

Affected Products (2)

podofo_project/podofo

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Mar 15, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026