CVE-2017-5886

NameCVE-2017-5886
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in the PoDoFo::PdfTokenizer::GetNextToken function in PdfTokenizer.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.4 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted file.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-929-1
Debian Bugs854604

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libpodofo (PTS)jessie0.9.0-1.2vulnerable
stretch0.9.4-6fixed
buster0.9.6+dfsg-5fixed
bullseye0.9.7+dfsg-2fixed
bookworm0.9.8+dfsg-3fixed
sid, trixie0.9.8+dfsg-3.1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libpodofosourcewheezy0.9.0-1.1+deb7u1DLA-929-1
libpodofosource(unstable)0.9.4-5854604

Notes

[jessie] - libpodofo <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/03/podofo-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-podofopdftokenizergetnexttoken-pdftokenizer-cpp
https://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/mailman/podofo-users/thread/1623824.EtgW9yDooZ%40blackgate/#msg35644693
upstream commit: https://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/code/1837

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