PT-2017-4123 · Poppler+2 · Poppler+2

Ziqiang Gu · Published 2017-09-08 · Updated 2021-04-06 · CVE-2017-14928

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Poppler version 0.59.0

Description A NULL Pointer Dereference issue exists in the AnnotRichMedia::Configuration::Configuration function in Annot.cc, which can be triggered via a crafted PDF document. This allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. The issue is related to the AnnotRichMedia::Configuration::Configuration function and can be exploited by using a specially crafted PDF document.

Recommendations For Poppler version 0.59.0, consider avoiding the use of the AnnotRichMedia::Configuration::Configuration function in Annot.cc until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the processing of crafted PDF documents to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

BDU:2021-03366

CVE-2017-14928

DLA-2440-1

MGASA-2017-0378

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_1721-1

SUSE-SU-2018:1662-1

USN-3440-1

Affected Products

Poppler

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 56

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14928 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14928 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14929 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14928 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14617 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14926 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se16-bulletin-20210730SE16 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-03366 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-2440-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3440-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0378 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:1662-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se81-bulletin-20211019SE81 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0378.html · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14975 · Vendor Advisory