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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-8378

Heap-based buffer overflow in the PdfParser::ReadObjects function in base/PdfParser.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to m_offsets.size.

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1 Nov 2026, 05:42 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2017-8378

core-osv · Original source

Published 1 May 2017, 01:59 UTC

Heap-based buffer overflow in the PdfParser::ReadObjects function in base/PdfParser.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to m_offsets.size.

osv:CVE-2017-8378
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8378",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "Heap-based buffer overflow in the PdfParser::ReadObjects function in base/PdfParser.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to m_offsets.size.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-8378",
    "products": [],
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:32.578780484Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/xiangxiaobo/poc_and_report/tree/master/podofo_heapoverflow_PdfParser.ReadObjects"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 433063,
  "published_at": "2017-05-01T01:59:00.467+00:00"
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