NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libpodofo package, versions <0.9.5-9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-LIBPODOFO-1550764
  • published15 Mar 2017
  • disclosed15 Mar 2017

Introduced: 15 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-6849  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 libpodofo to version 0.9.5-9 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libpodofo package and not the libpodofo package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

The PoDoFo::PdfColorGray::~PdfColorGray function in PdfColor.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted file.

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