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High · 7.5 CVE-2017-2818 EUVD-2017-11959GHSA-65cm-pc5p-2hgx

An exploitable heap overflow vulnerability exists in the image rendering functionality of Poppler 0.53.0. A specifically crafted PDF can ca…

Published Jul 12, 2017 · Updated Sep 17, 2024 · Assigned by talos

Description

An exploitable heap overflow vulnerability exists in the image rendering functionality of Poppler 0.53.0. A specifically crafted PDF can cause an overly large number of color components during image rendering, resulting in heap corruption. An attacker controlled PDF file can be used to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Poppler Poppler 0.53.0 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 poppler No fix yet —
Debian 13 poppler No fix yet —
Debian 12 poppler No fix yet —

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