What is CVE-2017-6849?

CVE-2017-6849 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Podofo Project, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-03-15.

How severe is CVE-2017-6849?

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

NULL pointer dereference in Podofo Project

CVE-2017-6849

The PoDoFo::PdfColorGray::~PdfColorGray function in PdfColor.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted file.

Published 2017-03-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (68.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 68.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Podofo Project — versions 0.9.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/03/02/podofo-null-pointer-dereference-in-podofopdfcol… (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-6849?: CVE-2017-6849 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Podofo Project, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-03-15.
How severe is CVE-2017-6849?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.