What is CVE-2017-7511?

CVE-2017-7511 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-05-30.

How severe is CVE-2017-7511?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Freedesktop Poppler

CVE-2017-7511

poppler since version 0.17.3 has been vulnerable to NULL pointer dereference in pdfunite triggered by specially crafted documents.

Published 2017-05-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Freedesktop Poppler — versions 0.17.3, 0.17.4, 0.18.0
Poppler — versions since 0.17.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-17 (vendor-advisory)
cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/ (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7511?: CVE-2017-7511 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-05-30.
How severe is CVE-2017-7511?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.