Vulnerability · Published Apr 22, 2023 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2023-2241PoDoFo PdfXRefStreamParserObject.cpp readXRefStreamEntry heap-based overflow

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity heap buffer overflow in PoDoFo. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 31% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 68.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in PoDoFo 0.10.0. Affected is the function readXRefStreamEntry of the file PdfXRefStreamParserObject.cpp. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is identified as 535a786f124b739e3c857529cecc29e4eeb79778. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-227226 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	PoDoFo	0.10.0

Weakness: CWE-122, CWE-120 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References

https://vuldb.com/?id.227226 vdb-entry, technical-description
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.227226 signature, permissions-required
https://github.com/podofo/podofo/issues/69 issue-tracking
https://github.com/podofo/podofo/files/11260976/poc-file.zip exploit
https://github.com/podofo/podofo/commit/535a786f124b739e3c857529cecc29e4eeb79778 patch