Critical
Security advisory
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.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2017-8378
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 05:42 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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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