CVE-2017-9775
medium
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.5
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Red Hat Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 7 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0.57.0-2 |
| sid | Fixed | 0.57.0-2 |
| forky | Fixed | 0.57.0-2 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0.57.0-2 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0.57.0-2 |
| 9.0 | Affected | — |
| 8.0 | Affected | — |
Arch Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Fixed | 0.56.0-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| freedesktop | poppler | {"endIncluding":"0.55.0"} | |
References
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201706-33
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99241
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2551
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101540
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4079
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9775.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9775
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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