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CVE-2017-7379

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-04-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

The PoDoFo::PdfSimpleEncoding::ConvertToEncoding function in PdfEncoding.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted PDF document.

Affected products

• podofo: 0.9.5

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97296
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/03/31/podofo-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-podofopdfsimpleencodingconverttoencoding-pdfencoding-cpp
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97296
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/03/31/podofo-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-podofopdfsimpleencodingconverttoencoding-pdfencoding-cpp

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