base/PdfOutputStream.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a cr…

published 2017-03-01 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-14931

cvss: 5.5; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.5%; EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 74%
public exploits: 0; none known

base/PdfOutputStream.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted file.

Patch / fix

distros 3

debian suse opensuse

libpodofo Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.9.5-9

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5854

podofo SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 0.9.2-3.21.1
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-2024:3541-1 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-2025:15521-1 openSUSE-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-2017-5854 updated 2025-11-21

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

1.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	5.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

References

blogs.gentoo.org /ago/2017/02/01/podofo-null-pointer-dereference-in-pdfoutputstream-cpp/
third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
securityfocus.com /bid/96072
vdb-entry
openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/12
mailing-list, third-party-advisory
openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/14
mailing-list, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-5854
NVD CVE-2017-5854

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary