NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting podofo package, versions <0.9.6-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE313-PODOFO-1069267
  • published2 Feb 2021
  • disclosed21 Apr 2017

Introduced: 21 Apr 2017

CVE-2017-7994  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.13 podofo to version 0.9.6-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream podofo package and not the podofo package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.13 relevant fixed versions and status.

The function TextExtractor::ExtractText in TextExtractor.cpp:77 in PoDoFo 0.9.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted PDF document.