CVE-2017-5855

MEDIUM 5.5CVE-2017-5855 · Published 01/03/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-5855 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability affecting podofo (podofo project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.0%, higher than 63.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
podofo podofo_project	`= 0.9.4`	No fix yet

Description

The PoDoFo::PdfParser::ReadXRefSubsection function in PdfParser.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted file.

References

securityfocus.com/bid/96516
blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/01/podofo-null-pointer-dereference-in-podofopdfparserreadxrefsubsection-pdfparser-cpp · Third Party Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

podofo

podofo_project

= 0.9.4

No fix yet

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