Buffer overflow in podofo - CVE-2017-6844
Published: March 15, 2017 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33546
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6844
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Buffer overflow in the PoDoFo::PdfParser::ReadXRefSubsection function in PdfParser.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.4 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted file.
Affected software
podofo
podofo (Alpine package)
mingw-podofo
Fedora
Opensuse
podofo (Alpine package)
mingw-podofo
Fedora
Opensuse
How to mitigate CVE-2017-6844
Install update from vendor's website.
podofo - update to 0.9.5
podofo (Alpine package) - update to 0.9.5-r0
mingw-podofo - addressed in versions 0.9.5-6.fc27, 0.9.5-6.fc28
podofo (Alpine package) - update to 0.9.5-r0
mingw-podofo - addressed in versions 0.9.5-6.fc27, 0.9.5-6.fc28