Out-of-Bounds Affecting poppler package, versions <0.24.5-2ubuntu4.9


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.27% (68th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-POPPLER-425969
  • published2 Jan 2018
  • disclosed2 Jan 2018

Introduced: 2 Jan 2018

CVE-2017-1000456  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 poppler to version 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.9 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

freedesktop.org libpoppler 0.60.1 fails to validate boundaries in TextPool::addWord, leading to overflow in subsequent calculations.