[Secure-testing-team] Bug#860930: libpodofo: CVE-2017-7994: denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted PDF document(TextExtractor::ExtractText in TextExtractor.cpp:77)

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: libpodofo
Version: 0.9.0-1.2
Severity: important
Tags: upstream security

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for libpodofo.

CVE-2017-7994[0]:
| The function TextExtractor::ExtractText in TextExtractor.cpp:77 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.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7994
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7994

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore