Improper Input Validation Affecting poppler package, versions <0.61.1-2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-POPPLER-528061
  • published17 Sept 2017
  • disclosed17 Sept 2017

Introduced: 17 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-14520  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 poppler to version 0.61.1-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream poppler package and not the poppler package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Poppler 0.59.0, a floating point exception occurs in Splash::scaleImageYuXd() in Splash.cc, which may lead to a potential attack when handling malicious PDF files.