VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-9408
In Poppler 0.54.0, a memory leak vulnerability was found in the function Object::initArray in Object.cc, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 2.39%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.39%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In Poppler 0.54.0, a memory leak vulnerability was found in the function Object::initArray in Object.cc, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.39% probability · 83th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-772
- Affected
- freedesktop/poppler · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=100776Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-17Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4079Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=100776Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-17Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4079Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.