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CVE-2017-5854

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% 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-476

Description

base/PdfOutputStream.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted file.

Affected products

• podofo: 0.9.4

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/14
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/12
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96072
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/01/podofo-null-pointer-dereference-in-pdfoutputstream-cpp/
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/14
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/12
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96072
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/01/podofo-null-pointer-dereference-in-pdfoutputstream-cpp/

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