NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting podofo package, versions [,0.9.5]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-PODOFO-2380732
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed21 Apr 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 21 Apr 2017

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

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for podofo.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference. 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.

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