Improper input validation in Poppler - CVE-2017-14617

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Improper input validation in Poppler - CVE-2017-14617

Published: June 16, 2018 / Updated: June 17, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU13371
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14617
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a floating point exception in the ImageStream class in Stream.cc. A remote attacker can supply specially crafted PDF files, bypass security restrictions and conduct further attacks.


Affected software

Poppler
Ubuntu
Fedora
openSUSE Leap
mingw-poppler
poppler

How to mitigate CVE-2017-14617

Install update from vendor's website.

mingw-poppler - addressed in versions 0.45.0-5.fc25, 0.52.0-5.fc26
poppler - addressed in versions 0.45.0-8.fc25, 0.45.0-9.fc25, 0.52.0-7.fc26, 0.52.0-8.fc26, 0.52.0-9.fc26, 0.57.0-4.fc27, 0.57.0-5.fc27

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