Vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler
CVE-2017-9406
In Poppler 0.54.0, a memory leak vulnerability was found in the function gmalloc in gmem.cc, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.
Published · last modified .
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: 0.015 (72.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 72.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Freedesktop Poppler — versions 0.54.0
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4079 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-17 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-9406?
- CVE-2017-9406 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-06-02.
- How severe is CVE-2017-9406?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.