CVE-2017-9865
The function GfxImageColorMap::getGray in GfxState.cc in Poppler 0.54.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted PDF document, related to missing color-map validation in…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.68%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The function GfxImageColorMap::getGray in GfxState.cc in Poppler 0.54.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted PDF document, related to missing color-map validation in ImageOutputDev.cc.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.68% probability · 77th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- freedesktop/poppler · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 3.0% on 21 September 2026 to 1.7% on 27 October 2026.
References
- http://somevulnsofadlab.blogspot.com/2017/06/popplerstack-buffer-overflow-in.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=100774Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-17Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4042-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4079Third Party Advisory
- http://somevulnsofadlab.blogspot.com/2017/06/popplerstack-buffer-overflow-in.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=100774Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-17Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4042-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4079Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.