Fedora 25 update for poppler

Published: 2017-07-10 | Updated: 2025-04-24

Risk	Low
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2017-9406 CVE-2017-9408
CWE-ID	CWE-401
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	Fedora Operating systems & Components / Operating system poppler Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component
Vendor	Fedoraproject

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Memory leak

EUVDB-ID: #VU7485

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9406

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to memory leak in the function gmalloc in gmem.cc when handling malicious content. A remote attacker can send specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it and cause the application to crash.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 25

poppler: before 0.45.0-4.fc25

CPE2.3

External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-d7a871850c

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Memory leak

EUVDB-ID: #VU7487