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Vulnerability record · CVE-2023-2241 · published 22 April 2023

CVE-2023-2241: Podofo project podofo heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability

Podofo Project · Podofo

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.

5.3 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 0.37% · top 71.0% CWE-122 · Heap-based buffer overflowCWE-787 · Out-of-bounds write
5.3CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 4.3
0.37%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
10References, 4 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/podofo/podofo/commit/535a786f124b739e3c857529cecc29e4eeb79778 Patch
https://github.com/podofo/podofo/files/11260976/poc-file.zip Exploit
https://github.com/podofo/podofo/issues/69 ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.227226 Third Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/?id.227226 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/podofo/podofo/commit/535a786f124b739e3c857529cecc29e4eeb79778 Patch
https://github.com/podofo/podofo/files/11260976/poc-file.zip Exploit
https://github.com/podofo/podofo/issues/69 ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.227226 Third Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/?id.227226 Third Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2023-2241), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-07). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.