CVE-2017-2818

An exploitable heap overflow vulnerability exists in the image rendering functionality of Poppler 0.53.0

High · published July 12, 2017

CVSS v3.0
7.5
EPSS
2%
Percentile
80.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

An exploitable heap overflow vulnerability exists in the image rendering functionality of Poppler 0.53.0. A specifically crafted PDF can cause an overly large number of color components during image rendering, resulting in heap corruption. An attacker controlled PDF file can be used to trigger this vulnerability.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01977 · 80.2th percentile
Published
2017-07-12T17:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 JUL 17:00Z
    An exploitable heap overflow vulnerability exists in the image rendering functionality of Poppler 0.53.0
    cvelistv5