CVE-2017-8378

critical

Published 2017-05-01 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.8

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the PdfParser::ReadObjects function in base/PdfParser.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to m_offsets.size.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`0.9.5-9`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`0.9.5-9`
debian	forky	fixed	`0.9.5-9`
debian	sid	fixed	`0.9.5-9`
debian	trixie	fixed	`0.9.5-9`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
podofo_project	podofo	`0.9.5`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.