CVE-2017-2820

HIGH

Poppler 0.53.0 - Integer Overflow via JPEG 2000 Image Parsing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists in the JPEG 2000 image parsing functionality of freedesktop.org Poppler 0.53.0. A specially crafted PDF file can lead to an integer overflow causing out of bounds memory overwrite on the heap resulting in potential arbitrary code execution. To trigger this vulnerability, a victim must open the malicious PDF in an application using this library.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99497
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0321

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0442
EPSS Percentile 90.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-190
Status published
Products (2)
freedesktop/poppler 0.53.0
Poppler/Poppler 0.53
Published Jul 12, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026