PT-2017-15556 · Poppler+1 · Poppler+1

Published 2017-07-12 · Updated 2025-08-26 · CVE-2017-2818

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Poppler version 0.53.0

Description A heap overflow issue exists in the image rendering functionality. A specifically crafted PDF can cause an overly large number of color components during image rendering, resulting in heap corruption. An attacker-controlled PDF file can trigger this issue.

Recommendations For Poppler version 0.53.0, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-2818

ECHO-9CD8-33F8-0F42

Affected Products

Debian

Poppler

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2818 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-2818 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-2818 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2017-2818 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-2818 · Vendor Advisory
• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0319 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/99497 · Note