PT-2017-16737 · Podofo+4 · Podofo+4

Agostino Sarubbo · Published 2017-03-01 · Updated 2025-09-04 · CVE-2017-5886

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PoDoFo version 0.9.4

Description A heap-based buffer overflow issue exists in the PoDoFo::PdfTokenizer::GetNextToken function, located in PdfTokenizer.cpp. This issue can be triggered by remote attackers using a crafted file, potentially leading to unspecified impact.

Recommendations For PoDoFo version 0.9.4, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1584

CVE-2017-5886

DLA-929-1

MGASA-2018-0026

OPENSUSE-SU-2019_0066-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11178-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15521-1

SUSE-SU-2018:2481-1

USN-7217-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Linuxmint

Podofo

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 89

• 🔥 https://github.com/asarubbo/poc/blob/master/00146-podofo-heapoverflow-PdfTokenizer · Exploit
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5886 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-11255 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5886 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7217-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12983 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-10723 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-30471 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0026.html · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-8002 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5886 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:2481-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-30470 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5308 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-7217-1 · Vendor Advisory