Fedora 27 update for poppler

Published: 2018-01-05 | Updated: 2025-04-24

Risk	Low
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	1
CVE-ID	CVE-2017-1000456
CWE-ID	CWE-119
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 one low risk vulnerability.

1) Memory corruption

EUVDB-ID: #VU10326

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1000456

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The weakness exists due to improper validation of boundaries in TextPool::addWord in freedesktop.org libpoppler. A remote attacker can trigger overflow in subsequent calculations and cause the service to crash.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 27

poppler: before 0.57.0-7.fc27

CPE2.3

External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-048468d7a8

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.