What is CVE-2017-5886?

CVE-2017-5886 is a high-severity vulnerability in Podofo Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-03-01.

How severe is CVE-2017-5886?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-5886 known to be exploited?

5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Podofo Project

CVE-2017-5886

Heap-based buffer overflow in the PoDoFo::PdfTokenizer::GetNextToken function in PdfTokenizer.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.4 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-03-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (76.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 76.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Podofo Project — versions 0.9.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/03/podofo-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-podofopdft… (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/96512 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5886?: CVE-2017-5886 is a high-severity vulnerability in Podofo Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-03-01.
How severe is CVE-2017-5886?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-5886 known to be exploited?: 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.