Out-of-bounds read in podofo - CVE-2017-7378
Published: April 3, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU39298
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-2017-7378
CWE-ID: CWE-125
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 boundary error in The PoDoFo::PdfPainter::ExpandTabs function in PdfPainter.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.
Affected software
podofo
podofo (Alpine package)
mingw-podofo
Fedora
Opensuse
podofo (Alpine package)
mingw-podofo
Fedora
Opensuse
How to mitigate CVE-2017-7378
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
podofo (Alpine package) - update to 0.9.7-r0
mingw-podofo - addressed in versions 0.9.5-6.fc27, 0.9.5-6.fc28
mingw-podofo - addressed in versions 0.9.5-6.fc27, 0.9.5-6.fc28