{"id":"CVE-2017-6844","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-6844","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T23:13:05.239Z","title":"Buffer overflow in the PoDoFo::PdfParser::ReadXRefSubsection function in PdfParser.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.4 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted file.","description":"Buffer overflow in the PoDoFo::PdfParser::ReadXRefSubsection function in PdfParser.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.4 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted file.","published":"2017-03-15T14:59:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:23:13.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["podofo project/podofo"],"epss":{"score":0.01523,"percentile":0.74491,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.52%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/03/02/podofo-global-buffer-overflow-in-podofopdfparserreadxrefsubsection-pdfparser-cpp/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/03/02/podofo-global-buffer-overflow-in-podofopdfparserreadxrefsubsection-pdfparser-cpp/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6844","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}