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high 7.8

CVE-2017-5853 json

Integer overflow in base/PdfParser.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.4 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted file.

published 2017-03-01 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-14930

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 70%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Integer overflow in base/PdfParser.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.4 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted file.

Patch / fix

  • libpodofo Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.9.4-5

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5853

  • libpodofo Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 0.9.0-1.2ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5853

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • podofo SLED 12 SP3, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP3, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP3 0.9.2-3.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:2481-1

  • podofo-0_10 openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.10.5-1.1
  • podofo openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.9.7-2.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:15521-1openSUSE-SU-2024:11178-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-5853 updated

podofo: Multiple security vulnerabilities

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

Sources

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