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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2025-9394 Detail

Description

A flaw has been found in PoDoFo 1.1.0-dev. This issue affects the function PdfTokenizer::DetermineDataType of the file src/podofo/main/PdfTokenizer.cpp of the component PDF Dictionary Parser. Executing manipulation can lead to use after free. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The exploit has been published and may be used. This patch is called 22d16cb142f293bf956f66a4d399cdd65576d36c. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
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CNA:  VulDB
CVSS-BT 4.8 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1edJH17GAiK9R441Gjyj8tiV_2ptoL16U/view?usp=sharing VulDB Exploit 
https://github.com/podofo/podofo/commit/22d16cb142f293bf956f66a4d399cdd65576d36c VulDB Patch 
https://github.com/podofo/podofo/issues/275 CISA-ADP, VulDB Exploit  Issue Tracking  Vendor Advisory 
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.321227 VulDB Permissions Required  VDB Entry 
https://vuldb.com/?id.321227 VulDB Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://vuldb.com/?submit.632364 CISA-ADP, VulDB Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://vuldb.com/?submit.632365 CISA-ADP, VulDB Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-416 Use After Free cwe source acceptance level NIST   VulDB  
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer VulDB  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-9394
NVD Published Date:
08/24/2025
NVD Last Modified:
09/12/2025
Source:
VulDB