Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU33549

NULL pointer dereference in podofo - CVE-2017-6847

Published: March 15, 2017 / Updated: August 4, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU33549

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 6.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6847

CWE-ID: CWE-476

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error. A remote attacker can trigger denial of service conditions via a crafted file.

podofo
podofo (Alpine package)
mingw-podofo
Fedora
Opensuse

Update to version 0.9.5.

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