CVE-2017-15565: In Poppler 0.59.0, a NULL Pointer Dereference exists in the GfxImageColorMap::getGrayLine() function in GfxState.cc via a crafted PDF document

High severity · published Oct 17, 2017

CVE-2017-15565

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

8.8

CVSS

2.1%

EPSS

On KEV

Description

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

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack vector

Network

Complexity

Low

Privileges

None

User interaction

Required

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Scope

Unchanged

Exploitation

Is it being used?

Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.1% · higher than 81% of CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet

CISA KEVNot listed

Ransomware campaign useNot known

Affected products

Which versions

Debian Linux · Debian

7.0; 8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD

Poppler · Freedesktop

0.59.0 · source: NVD

Affected product

Debian Linux

Debian

All Debian Linux CVEs

References

NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15565

CVE.org

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15565

Exploit

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103016

Mailing List

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00023.html

Third Party Advisory

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4079