CVE-2017-9406

Summary

CVECVE-2017-9406
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-06-02 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Poppler 0.54.0, a memory leak vulnerability was found in the function gmalloc in gmem.cc, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-772

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Freedesktop Poppler 0.54.0 All All All
Application Freedesktop Poppler 0.54.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4079-1 poppler DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
100775 – poppler 0.54.0: memory leak in gmalloc CONFIRM bugs.freedesktop.org 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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