CVE-2017-5886
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.
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.68% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 76.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-03-01 15:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 15:11Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-02-04
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c164f1aa568e361a678ba00c00995fd715966e76f55500d6b7e7adc8f6cc9d03
05 Affected products
06 References
- blogs.gentoo.orghttps://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/03/podofo-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-podofopdftokenizergetnexttoken-pdftokenizer-cpp/
- www.securityfocus.com96512http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96512
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- podofo Fixed in 0.9.6-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- libpodofo Fixed in 0.9.4-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libpodofo Fixed in 0.9.4-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libpodofo Fixed in 0.9.4-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- libpodofo Fixed in 0.9.0-1.2ubuntu0.1~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- libpodofo Fixed in 0.9.3-4ubuntu0.1~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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