NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting poppler package, versions <0.26.5-2+deb8u2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.31% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-POPPLER-426182
  • published17 Oct 2017
  • disclosed17 Oct 2017

Introduced: 17 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-15565  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 poppler to version 0.26.5-2+deb8u2 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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Poppler 0.59.0, a NULL Pointer Dereference exists in the GfxImageColorMap::getGrayLine() function in GfxState.cc via a crafted PDF document.