ubuntu-cve-2017-5886
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-03-01 15:59
Modified
2026-04-22 07:38
Summary
Details

Heap-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.

Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libpodofo-utils",
            "binary_version": "0.9.0-1.2ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpodofo0.9.0",
            "binary_version": "0.9.0-1.2ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "libpodofo",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libpodofo@0.9.0-1.2ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty/esm"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
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            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "0.9.0-1.1ubuntu1",
        "0.9.0-1.2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libpodofo-utils",
            "binary_version": "0.9.3-4ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpodofo0.9.3",
            "binary_version": "0.9.3-4ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "libpodofo",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libpodofo@0.9.3-4ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.9.3-4ubuntu0.1~esm1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "0.9.0-1.3",
        "0.9.3-3",
        "0.9.3-4"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Heap-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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5886",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:38:11Z",
  "published": "2017-03-01T15:59:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5886"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/03/podofo-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-podofopdftokenizergetnexttoken-pdftokenizer-cpp"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/mailman/podofo-users/thread/20170204121312.lq26ge6osbiuwnjo%40mapreri.org/#msg35646469"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/05/4"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/asarubbo/poc/blob/master/00146-podofo-heapoverflow-PdfTokenizer"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5886"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7217-1"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-7217-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2017-5886"
  ]
}



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