#VU9878 Division by zero in Poppler - CVE-2017-14520

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#VU9878 Division by zero in Poppler - CVE-2017-14520

Published: January 8, 2018 / Updated: January 9, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU9878
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14520
CWE-ID: CWE-369
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Poppler
Software vendor:
Freedesktop.org

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a floating point exception in Splash::scaleImageYuXd() in Splash.cc. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.



Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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