CVE-2017-9083

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2017-05-18
CWE:
CWE-476
Bugzilla:
1453198: CVE-2017-9083 poppler: Null pointer dereference in the JPXStream::readUByte function

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

poppler 0.54.0, as used in Evince and other products, has a NULL pointer dereference in the JPXStream::readUByte function in JPXStream.cc. For example, the perf_test utility will crash (segmentation fault) when parsing an invalid PDF file.

Find out more about CVE-2017-9083 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 3.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 evince Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 poppler Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 compat-poppler022 Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 poppler Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 evince Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 evince Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 poppler Will not fix

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