CVE-2017-6844 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the PoDoFo::PdfParser::ReadXRefSubsection function of PoDoFo 0.9.4, allowing remote attackers to achieve significant impact through specially crafted PDF files. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts, with a low attack complexity requiring user interaction. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.9.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:podofo_project:podofo:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.