What is CVE-2017-7383?

CVE-2017-7383 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Podofo Project, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-04-03.

How severe is CVE-2017-7383?

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

Is CVE-2017-7383 known to be exploited?

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

NULL pointer dereference in Podofo Project

CVE-2017-7383

The PdfFontFactory.cpp:195:62 code in PoDoFo 0.9.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted PDF document.

Published 2017-04-03 · 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 (70.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 70.2% 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 0.9.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/03/31/podofo-four-null-pointer-dereference (Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/97296 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7383?: CVE-2017-7383 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Podofo Project, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-04-03.
How severe is CVE-2017-7383?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-7383 known to be exploited?: 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.