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title: "CVE-2017-9083\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2017-9083

Publication date 19 May 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**6.5 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9083?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9083?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| luatex | 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 17.10 artful | Not in release |
| 17.04 zesty | Not in release |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| poppler | 19.04 disco | Fixed 0.48.0-2ubuntu3 |
| 18.10 cosmic | Fixed 0.48.0-2ubuntu3 |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 0.48.0-2ubuntu3 |
| 17.10 artful | Fixed 0.48.0-2ubuntu3 |
| 17.04 zesty | Fixed 0.48.0-2ubuntu2.1 |
| 16.10 yakkety | Fixed 0.44.0-3ubuntu2.1 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.2 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.5 |
| texlive-bin | 19.04 disco | Not affected |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Not affected |
| 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Ignored end of life |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [seth-arnold](https://launchpad.net/~seth-arnold)

I didn't inspect texlive-bin or luatex closely since I didn't
spot a patch quickly

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

while Debian uses openjpeg, Ubuntu uses the internal JPX
decoder
texlive-bin is built with --with-system-poppler and
--with-system-xpdf, so embedded code copy isn't used.

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

6.5 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | None |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 6.5 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9083)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9083)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2017-9083)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9083)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-3350-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-3350-1)
+ poppler vulnerabilities
+ 7 July 2017

### Other references

* <https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/poppler/2017-May/012230.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9083>