CVE-2017-9775

MEDIUM

poppler < 0.56 - Denial of Service via Stack Buffer Overflow in GfxState.cc

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99241
Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101540
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2551
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4079

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0434
EPSS Percentile 90.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (13)
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
freedesktop/poppler < 0.55.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.4
redhat/enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.6
redhat/enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.4
redhat/enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.5
redhat/enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.6
... and 3 more
Published Jun 22, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026