High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 1, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-5886

Description

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.

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Affected products

Podofo Project/Podofo2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:podofo_project:podofo:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:podofo_project:podofo:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <0.9.4
osv-coords5 versions
pkg:rpm/opensuse/podofo-0_10&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed pkg:rpm/opensuse/podofo&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed pkg:rpm/suse/podofo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/podofo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/podofo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP3
< 0.10.5-1.1+ 4 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0.10.5-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.9.7-2.2
- (no CPE)range: < 0.9.2-3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.9.2-3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.9.2-3.3.1

Patches

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References

blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/03/podofo-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-podofopdftokenizergetnexttoken-pdftokenizer-cpp/nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securityfocus.com/bid/96512nvd

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