What is CVE-2017-6840?

CVE-2017-6840 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Podofo Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-03-15.

How severe is CVE-2017-6840?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-6840 known to be exploited?

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

Out-of-bounds Read in Podofo Project

CVE-2017-6840

The ColorChanger::GetColorFromStack function in colorchanger.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read) via a crafted file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.010 (60.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Podofo_project Podofo — versions 0.9.5
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-6840?: CVE-2017-6840 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Podofo Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-03-15.
How severe is CVE-2017-6840?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-6840 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.