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CVE-2017-14519

Published: 17 September 2017

In Poppler 0.59.0, memory corruption occurs in a call to Object::streamGetChar in Object.h after a repeating series of Gfx::display, Gfx::go, Gfx::execOp, Gfx::opShowText, and Gfx::doShowText calls (aka a Gfx.cc infinite loop).

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
poppler
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty
Released (0.24.5-2ubuntu4.6)
upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (0.41.0-0ubuntu1.3)
zesty
Released (0.48.0-2ubuntu2.2)
Patches:
upstream: https://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=aaf5327649e8f7371c9d3270e7813c43ddfd47ee

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H