CVE-2017-6840

MEDIUM 5.5CVE-2017-6840 · Published 15/03/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-6840 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability affecting podofo (podofo project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.0%, higher than 64.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
podofo podofo_project	`= 0.9.5`	No fix yet

Description

The ColorChanger::GetColorFromStack function in colorchanger.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read) via a crafted file.

References

blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/03/02/podofo-invalid-memory-read-in-colorchangergetcolorfromstack-colorchanger-cpp · Third Party Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

podofo

podofo_project

= 0.9.5

No fix yet

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