Uncontrolled recursion in Poppler - CVE-2017-7515
Published: July 12, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU7489
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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-2017-7515
CWE-ID: CWE-674
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Freedesktop.org
Affected software:
Poppler
Poppler
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to uncontrolled recursion in pdfunite when handling malicious content. A remote attacker can send specially crafted PDF file, trick the victim into opening it and cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
The weakness exists due to uncontrolled recursion in pdfunite when handling malicious content. A remote attacker can send specially crafted PDF file, trick the victim into opening it and cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-7515
Update to the latest version.