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CVE-2015-8981

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-03-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the PdfParser::ReadXRefSubsection function in base/PdfParser.cpp in PoDoFo allows attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors related to m_offsets.size.

Affected products

• podofo: all versions

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/20
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/15
• https://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/code/1672
• https://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/mailman/message/34205419/
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/20
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/15
• https://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/code/1672
• https://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/mailman/message/34205419/

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