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CVE-2017-5853

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5853 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in PoDoFo 0.9.4, specifically within the base/PdfParser.cpp component. This flaw allows remote attackers to achieve significant impact (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) by enticing a user to open a specially crafted PDF file. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), the vulnerability requires user interaction but has low attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.9.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:podofo_project:podofo:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0131 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 11,617 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

blogs.gentoo.org / ago/2017/02/01/podofo-signed-integer-overflow-in-pdfparser-cpp
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/96066