NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting poppler package, versions <0.24.5-2ubuntu4.8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.06% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-POPPLER-426185
  • 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 Ubuntu:14.04 poppler to version 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.8 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.

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