CVE-2017-9083

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-9083
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-05-19 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-03-14 19:00:00 UTC
Descriptionpoppler 0.54.0, as used in Evince and other products, has a NULL pointer dereference in the JPXStream::readUByte function in JPXStream.cc. For example, the perf_test utility will crash (segmentation fault) when parsing an invalid PDF file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Freedesktop Poppler 0.54.0 All All All
Application Freedesktop Poppler 0.54.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
101084 – Perf_test utility will crash (segmentation fault) when parsing an illegal PDF file due to the program access a null pointer. MISC bugs.freedesktop.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Poppler: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201801-17) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710229 Gentoo Linux Poppler Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201801-17)
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