What is CVE-2017-6844?

CVE-2017-6844 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 2017-03-15.

How severe is CVE-2017-6844?

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

Buffer overflow in Podofo Project

CVE-2017-6844

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.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-03-15 · 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: 0.015 (73.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 73.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · 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

References

blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/03/02/podofo-global-buffer-overflow-in-podofopdfparse… (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-6844?: CVE-2017-6844 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 2017-03-15.
How severe is CVE-2017-6844?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.