CVE-2015-8981

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the PdfParser::ReadXRefSubsection function in base/PdfParser.cpp in PoDoFo allows attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors related to m_offsets.size.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/20Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/15Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/code/1672Patch
https://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/mailman/message/34205419/Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/20Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/15Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/code/1672Patch
https://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/mailman/message/34205419/Patch

Timeline

Published: Mar 16, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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