Vulnerability · Published May 26, 2021 · Assigned by fedora
CVE-2021-30472
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity memory corruption in podofo. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 56% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 44.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A flaw was found in PoDoFo 0.9.7. A stack-based buffer overflow in PdfEncryptMD5Base::ComputeOwnerKey function in PdfEncrypt.cpp is possible because of a improper check of the keyLength value.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | libpodofo | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-30472 |
| Debian:13 | libpodofo | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-30472 |
| Debian:14 | libpodofo | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-30472 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | libpodofo | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-30472 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | libpodofo | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-30472 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | libpodofo | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-30472 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | libpodofo | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-30472 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-119
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1947458 x_refsource_MISC