Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 15, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-6842
CVE-2017-6842
Description
The ColorChanger::GetColorFromStack function in colorchanger.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted file.
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Affected products
7- cpe:2.3:a:podofo_project:podofo:0.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords6 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/podofo&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/podofo&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/suse/podofo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/podofo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/podofo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/podofo&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP5
< 0.9.6-150300.3.15.1+ 5 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0.9.6-150300.3.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.9.6-150300.3.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.9.6-150300.3.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.9.6-150300.3.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.9.2-3.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.9.2-3.21.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/03/02/podofo-null-pointer-dereference-in-colorchangergetcolorfromstack-colorchanger-cpp/nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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