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Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-8787: Out-of-bounds Read

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-8787: Out-of-bounds Read

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/05/2017
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/22/2024

Description

The PoDoFo::PdfXRefStreamParserObject::ReadXRefStreamEntry function in base/PdfXRefStreamParserObject.cpp:224 in PoDoFo 0.9.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PDF file.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-podofo

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