vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-7217-1 (CVE-2017-5886): PoDoFo library vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Mar 1, 2017 | Nov 19, 2024 | Apr 16, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Mar 1, 2017
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Apr 16, 2026
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the PoDoFo::PdfTokenizer::GetNextToken function in PdfTokenizer.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.4 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted file.
Solutions
ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libpodofo-utilsubuntu-pro-upgrade-libpodofo0-9-0ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libpodofo0-9-3ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libpodofo0-9-5ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libpodofo0-9-6ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libpodofo0-9-7
References
- CVE-2017-5886
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-5886
- CWE-119
- EUVD-EUVD-2017-14961
- UBUNTU-USN-7217-1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/05/4
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/03/podofo-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-podofopdftokenizergetnexttoken-pdftokenizer-cpp
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2017-14961
- https://github.com/asarubbo/poc/blob/master/00146-podofo-heapoverflow-PdfTokenizer
- https://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/mailman/podofo-users/thread/20170204121312.lq26ge6osbiuwnjo%40mapreri.org/#msg35646469
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5886
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