Medium severity · published Jun 22, 2017
CVE-2017-9775
Stack buffer overflow in GfxState.cc in pdftocairo in Poppler before 0.56 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted PDF document
6.5
CVSS
4.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Stack buffer overflow in GfxState.cc in pdftocairo in Poppler before 0.56 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted PDF document.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.3% · higher than 91% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Aus · Redhat
7.4; 7.6 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Eus · Redhat
7.4; 7.5; 7.6 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Tus · Redhat
7.4; 7.6 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
PO
Poppler · Freedesktop
through 0.55.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9775
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9775
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99241
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2551
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101540
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4079
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