NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting poppler package, versions <0.24.5-2ubuntu4.5


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-POPPLER-426008
  • published30 May 2017
  • disclosed30 May 2017

Introduced: 30 May 2017

CVE-2017-7511  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 poppler to version 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.5 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.

poppler since version 0.17.3 has been vulnerable to NULL pointer dereference in pdfunite triggered by specially crafted documents.