CVE-2017-8053 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published 22 Apr 2017 Updated 16 Sep 2024

An attacker can cause a denial of service via infinite recursion in the PoDoFo library by providing a crafted PDF file.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2017-8053?

CVE-2017-8053 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Podofo Project Podofo, published on 22 Apr 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

PoDoFo 0.9.5 allows denial of service (infinite recursion and stack consumption) via a crafted PDF file in PoDoFo::PdfParser::ReadDocumentStructure (PdfParser.cpp).

Weakness: CWE-835

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-8053?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Podofo Project Podofo.

How do I fix CVE-2017-8053?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2017-8053 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-8053 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8053, GHSA-p7r7-9m7f-qm95, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8053.