NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libpodofo-devel package, versions <0.9.6-150300.3.15.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.04% (63rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-LIBPODOFODEVEL-8168940
  • published9 Oct 2024
  • disclosed8 Oct 2024

Introduced: 8 Oct 2024

CVE-2017-6842  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 libpodofo-devel to version 0.9.6-150300.3.15.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libpodofo-devel package and not the libpodofo-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 relevant fixed versions and status.

The ColorChanger::GetColorFromStack function in colorchanger.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted file.