vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-7379): libpodofo vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Apr 3, 2017 | Nov 19, 2024 | Aug 19, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Apr 3, 2017
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Aug 19, 2025
Description
Agostino Sarubbo discovered that PoDoFo mishandled certain crafted PDF files, resulting in an invalid read. If PoDoFo were to open a malicious PDF, an attacker could cause PoDoFo to crash or possibly leak sensitive information.
Solution
ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libpodofo
References
- CVE-2017-7379
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-7379
- CWE-125
- URL-http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/01/2
- URL-https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/03/31/podofo-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-podofopdfsimpleencodingconverttoencoding-pdfencoding-cpp
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7379
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