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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2017-8054 json

The function PdfPagesTree::GetPageNodeFromArray in PdfPageTree.cpp:464 in PoDoFo 0.9.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…

published 2017-04-22 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-17017

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The function PdfPagesTree::GetPageNodeFromArray in PdfPageTree.cpp:464 in PoDoFo 0.9.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and application crash) via a crafted PDF document.

Patch / fix

  • libpodofo Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.9.5-9

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8054

  • podofo SLED 12 SP4, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP4 0.9.2-3.9.2
  • podofo SLED 12 SP4, SLED 12 SP3, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP4 +3 more 0.9.2-3.6.3
  • podofo SLED 12 SP3, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP3, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP3 0.9.2-3.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:1849-1SUSE-SU-2019:0393-1SUSE-SU-2018:2481-1

  • podofo-0_10 openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.10.5-1.1
  • podofo openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.9.7-2.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:15521-1openSUSE-SU-2024:11178-1

  • podofo Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +9 more 0.9.6-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2017-8054

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • podofo Arch Linux 0.9.7-1

arch linux advisories AVG-867

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-8054 updated

podofo: Multiple security vulnerabilities

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • qwertwwwe.github.io http://qwertwwwe.github.io/2017/04/22/PoDoFo-0-9-5-allows-remote-attackers-to-cause-a-denial-of-service-infinit-loop/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.