Out-of-bounds Read Affecting poppler package, versions <0.41.0-0ubuntu1.14


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.29% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-POPPLER-426277
  • published25 Jun 2017
  • disclosed25 Jun 2017

Introduced: 25 Jun 2017

CVE-2017-9865  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 poppler to version 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.14 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:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

The function GfxImageColorMap::getGray in GfxState.cc in Poppler 0.54.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted PDF document, related to missing color-map validation in ImageOutputDev.cc.