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CVE-2017-7383

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Apr 03, 2017 | Modified: Apr 10, 2017
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7383
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

The PdfFontFactory.cpp:195:62 code in PoDoFo 0.9.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted PDF document.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Podofo Podofo_project 0.9.5 (including) 0.9.5 (including)
Libpodofo Ubuntu artful *
Libpodofo Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Libpodofo Ubuntu precise *
Libpodofo Ubuntu trusty *
Libpodofo Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Libpodofo Ubuntu upstream *
Libpodofo Ubuntu xenial *
Libpodofo Ubuntu yakkety *
Libpodofo Ubuntu zesty *

Potential Mitigations

References

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