Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting poppler package, versions <0.48.0-2ubuntu2.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.3% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1704-POPPLER-425964
  • published2 Jun 2017
  • disclosed2 Jun 2017

Introduced: 2 Jun 2017

CVE-2017-9408  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:17.04 poppler to version 0.48.0-2ubuntu2.1 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:17.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Poppler 0.54.0, a memory leak vulnerability was found in the function Object::initArray in Object.cc, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.