High
Security advisory
Buffer overflow in the PoDoFo::PdfParser::ReadXRefSubsection function in PdfParser.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.4 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted file.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2017-6844
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 07:35 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Buffer overflow in the PoDoFo::PdfParser::ReadXRefSubsection function in PdfParser.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.4 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted file.
osv:CVE-2017-6844
Complete source record
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