Medium
Security advisory
The PoDoFo::PdfPage::GetInheritedKeyFromObject function in base/PdfVariant.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted file.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2017-5852
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 06:14 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The PoDoFo::PdfPage::GetInheritedKeyFromObject function in base/PdfVariant.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted file.
osv:CVE-2017-5852
Complete source record
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"references": [
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