Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting poppler package, versions <0.24.5-2ubuntu4.6
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- published17 Sept 2017
- disclosed17 Sept 2017
Introduced: 17 Sep 2017
CVE-2017-14519 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 poppler to version 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.6 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, memory corruption occurs in a call to Object::streamGetChar in Object.h after a repeating series of Gfx::display, Gfx::go, Gfx::execOp, Gfx::opShowText, and Gfx::doShowText calls (aka a Gfx.cc infinite loop).