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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-2241 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/podofo/podofo/commit/535a786f124b739e3c857529cecc29e4eeb79778 CVE, VulDB Patch 
https://github.com/podofo/podofo/files/11260976/poc-file.zip CVE, VulDB Exploit 
https://github.com/podofo/podofo/issues/69 CVE, VulDB Exploit  Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.227226 CVE, VulDB Third Party Advisory 
https://vuldb.com/?id.227226 CVE, VulDB Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') CISA-ADP  
CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow VulDB  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-2241
NVD Published Date:
04/22/2023
NVD Last Modified:
06/17/2026
Source:
VulDB