Out-of-bounds read in podofo - CVE-2017-7379
Published: April 3, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU39287
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7379
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: podofo.sourceforge.net
Affected software:
podofo
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::PdfSimpleEncoding::ConvertToEncoding function in PdfEncoding.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.5. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted PDF document.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-7379
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.