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CVE-2017-5852

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-03-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-835

Description

The PoDoFo::PdfPage::GetInheritedKeyFromObject function in base/PdfVariant.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted file.

Affected products

• podofo: 0.9.4

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/12
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/10
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97032
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/01/podofo-infinite-loop-in-podofopdfpagegetinheritedkeyfromobject-pdfpage-cpp/
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/12
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/10
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97032
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/01/podofo-infinite-loop-in-podofopdfpagegetinheritedkeyfromobject-pdfpage-cpp/

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