PT-2017-18055

CVE-2017-7994

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Published

2017-04-21

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Updated

2026-10-31

Description by

CVSS 3.1
6.5
Medium
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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.
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Related identifiers
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