CVE-2017-9865
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
The function GfxImageColorMap::getGray in GfxState.cc in Poppler 0.54.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted PDF document, related to missing color-map validation in ImageOutputDev.cc.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| debian | 9.0 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0.57.0-2 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0.57.0-2 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0.57.0-2 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0.57.0-2 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0.57.0-2 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| freedesktop | poppler | 0.54.0 | |
References
- http://somevulnsofadlab.blogspot.com/2017/06/popplerstack-buffer-overflow-in.html
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=100774
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-17
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4042-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4079
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9865.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9865
CWEs
CWE-125
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.