CVE-2017-7994

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PoDoFo version 0.9.5

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference and application crash, via a crafted PDF document. This is due to a problem in the TextExtractor::ExtractText function in TextExtractor.cpp.

Recommendations For PoDoFo version 0.9.5, consider avoiding the use of the TextExtractor::ExtractText function until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the processing of crafted PDF documents to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.