Improper Input Validation Affecting poppler package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.94% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-POPPLER-425988
  • published20 Sept 2017
  • disclosed20 Sept 2017

Introduced: 20 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-14617  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:9 poppler.

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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Poppler 0.59.0, a floating point exception occurs in the ImageStream class in Stream.cc, which may lead to a potential attack when handling malicious PDF files.