UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5886

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5886

    Published: 1 Mar 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-5886
    Aliases:
    USN-7217-1

    Summary:

    Details: Heap-based buffer overflow in the PoDoFo::PdfTokenizer::GetNextToken function in PdfTokenizer.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.4 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted file.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5886, https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/03/podofo-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-podofopdftokenizergetnexttoken-pdftokenizer-cpp, https://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/mailman/podofo-users/thread/20170204121312.lq26ge6osbiuwnjo%40mapreri.org/#msg35646469, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/05/4, https://github.com/asarubbo/poc/blob/master/00146-podofo-heapoverflow-PdfTokenizer, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5886, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7217-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libpodofo

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.9.0-1.2ubuntu0.1~esm1

    Affected versions

    0.9.0-1.1ubuntu1
    0.9.0-1.2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High