CVE-2017-2820

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2017-07-07
CWE:
CWE-190
Bugzilla:
1470138: CVE-2017-2820 poppler: Integer overflow in the JPEG 2000 image parsing functionality

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists in the JPEG 2000 image parsing functionality of freedesktop.org Poppler 0.53.0. A specially crafted PDF file can lead to an integer overflow causing out of bounds memory overwrite on the heap resulting in potential arbitrary code execution. To trigger this vulnerability, a victim must open the malicious PDF in an application using this library.

Find out more about CVE-2017-2820 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 7
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 poppler Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 poppler Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 poppler Not affected

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