CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-9408

MEDIUMEPSS 82th pctl

6.5

CVSS v3

Description

In Poppler 0.54.0, a memory leak vulnerability was found in the function Object::initArray in Object.cc, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

How to fix

Remediation Available

popplerDebian

Fixed in:0.57.0-2CVE-2017-9408

Fixed in:0.57.0-2CVE-2017-9408

Fixed in:0.57.0-2CVE-2017-9408

Fixed in:0.57.0-2CVE-2017-9408

libpoppler-cpp0Ubuntu

Fixed in:0.24.5-2ubuntu4.5USN-3350-1

Fixed in:0.41.0-0ubuntu1.2USN-3350-1

libpoppler-glib8Ubuntu

Fixed in:0.24.5-2ubuntu4.5USN-3350-1

Fixed in:0.41.0-0ubuntu1.2USN-3350-1

libpoppler-qt4-4Ubuntu

Fixed in:0.24.5-2ubuntu4.5USN-3350-1

Fixed in:0.41.0-0ubuntu1.2USN-3350-1

libpoppler-qt5-1Ubuntu

Fixed in:0.24.5-2ubuntu4.5USN-3350-1

Fixed in:0.41.0-0ubuntu1.2USN-3350-1

libpoppler44Ubuntu

Fixed in:0.24.5-2ubuntu4.5USN-3350-1

libpoppler58Ubuntu

Fixed in:0.41.0-0ubuntu1.2USN-3350-1

popplerUbuntu

Fixed in:0.24.5-2ubuntu4.5USN-3350-1

Fixed in:0.41.0-0ubuntu1.2USN-3350-1

poppler-utilsUbuntu

Fixed in:0.24.5-2ubuntu4.5USN-3350-1

Fixed in:0.41.0-0ubuntu1.2USN-3350-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

2.39%probability of exploitation in 30 days

82ndpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 82% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

bugs.freedesktop.org

Third-Party Advisory2

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