CVE-2017-9865

Publication date 25 June 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Negligible

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

The function GfxImageColorMap::getGray in GfxState.cc in Poppler 0.54.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted PDF document, related to missing color-map validation in ImageOutputDev.cc.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
poppler 19.04 disco
Not affected
18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful
Not affected
17.04 zesty Ignored end of life
16.10 yakkety Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.14
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Notes

ratliff

reproducer didn't crash on t-z (no ASAN)

Patch details

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Package Patch details
poppler

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

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