Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting libpodofo package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-LIBPODOFO-318976
  • published22 Apr 2017
  • disclosed22 Apr 2017

Introduced: 22 Apr 2017

CVE-2017-8053  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:8 libpodofo.

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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

PoDoFo 0.9.5 allows denial of service (infinite recursion and stack consumption) via a crafted PDF file in PoDoFo::PdfParser::ReadDocumentStructure (PdfParser.cpp).