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libpodofo — security advisory
A flaw was found in PoDoFo 0.9.7. A stack-based buffer overflow in PdfEncryptMD5Base::ComputeOwnerKey function in PdfEncrypt.cpp is possible because of a improper check of the keyLength value.
- Products
- libpodofo
- Affected versions
- 0.9.0-1.1ubuntu1, 0.9.0-1.2, 0.9.0-1.2ubuntu0.1~esm1, 0.9.0-1.2ubuntu0.1~esm3, 0.9.0-1.3, 0.9.3-3, 0.9.3-4, 0.9.3-4ubuntu0.1~esm1, 0.9.5-6, 0.9.5-8, 0.9.5-8build1, 0.9.5-9, 0.9.5-9ubuntu0.1~esm1, 0.9.6+dfsg-5, 0.9.6+dfsg-5build1, 0.9.6+dfsg-5ubuntu0.1~esm1, 0.9.7+dfsg-2, 0.9.7+dfsg-2build1, 0.9.7+dfsg-2build2, 0.9.7+dfsg-3, 0.9.7+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1~esm1, 0.9.8+dfsg-3.1build1, 0.9.8+dfsg-3.1build2, 0.9.8+dfsg-3.1build3, 0.9.8+dfsg-3.2, 0.9.8+dfsg-3.3, 0.9.8+dfsg-3.3build1, 0.9.8+dfsg-3build1, 0.9.8+dfsg-3build2
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-30472
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:34 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A flaw was found in PoDoFo 0.9.7. A stack-based buffer overflow in PdfEncryptMD5Base::ComputeOwnerKey function in PdfEncrypt.cpp is possible because of a improper check of the keyLength value.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2021-30472
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Complete source record
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