UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8787

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8787

    Published: 5 May 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-8787

    Summary:

    Details: The PoDoFo::PdfXRefStreamParserObject::ReadXRefStreamEntry function in base/PdfXRefStreamParserObject.cpp:224 in PoDoFo 0.9.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PDF file.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8787, https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=861738, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8787

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libpodofo

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~esm3?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    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

    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