Out-of-bounds read in podofo - CVE-2017-8787

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Out-of-bounds read in podofo - CVE-2017-8787

Published: May 5, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU39075
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-8787
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: podofo.sourceforge.net
Affected software:
podofo

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in The PoDoFo::PdfXRefStreamParserObject::ReadXRefStreamEntry function in base/PdfXRefStreamParserObject.cpp:224 in PoDoFo 0.9.5. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PDF file.


How to mitigate CVE-2017-8787

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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