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CVE-2017-5886

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5886 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the PoDoFo::PdfTokenizer::GetNextToken function within PoDoFo 0.9.4. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to achieve unspecified impact by exploiting a crafted file. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), it requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), but could lead to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While the EPSS score is low and it's not listed in KEV, there is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it has received negligible community discussion or media coverage, suggesting limited active exploitation or public awareness.

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
1.69%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0169 is in the 73rd 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/2017/02/03/podofo-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-podofopdftokenizergetnexttoken-pdftokenizer-cpp
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/96512