Name: CVE-2017-5855: NULL Pointer Dereference
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-03-01T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-5855, CWE-476, CVSS 5.5, EPSS 0.00435

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 5.5
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade libpodofo	Jul 30, 2024	Mar 1, 2017
Suse	—	Upgrade libpodofo0_9_2Upgrade libpodofo-devel	Aug 23, 2018	Mar 1, 2017
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Mar 1, 2017

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