What is CVE-2017-9083?

CVE-2017-9083 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-05-19.

How severe is CVE-2017-9083?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-9083 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

NULL pointer dereference in Freedesktop Poppler

CVE-2017-9083

poppler 0.54.0, as used in Evince and other products, has a NULL pointer dereference in the JPXStream::readUByte function in JPXStream.cc. For example, the perf_test utility will crash (segmentation fault) when parsing an invalid PDF file.

Published 2017-05-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 64.8% 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 0.54.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

Public proof-of-concept exploits

lucasduffey/findings

References

bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-17 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9083?: CVE-2017-9083 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-05-19.
How severe is CVE-2017-9083?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-9083 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.