PT-2017-17368 · Podofo+2 · Podofo+2

Agostino Sarubbo · Published 2017-03-15 · Updated 2024-10-08 · CVE-2017-6841

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/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 concerns a denial of service caused by a NULL pointer dereference in the GraphicsStack::TGraphicsStackElement::~TGraphicsStackElement function, located in graphicsstack.h. This can be triggered by remote attackers via a crafted file.

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

DoS

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2273

CVE-2017-6841

OPENSUSE-SU-2024_3550-1

SUSE-SU-2024:3541-1

SUSE-SU-2024:3550-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Podofo

Suse

References · 101

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6842 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2024:3550-1 · Vendor Advisory
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• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6848 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8001 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6841 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6841 · Vendor Advisory
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• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-5296 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8000 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6841 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6841 · Security Note
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