CVE-2017-9083

Public Exploit

Description

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.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.27%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory freedesktop.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101084 vendor advisory issue tracking exploit
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-17 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-9083?
CVE-2017-9083 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-9083?
To fix CVE-2017-9083, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-9083 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2017-9083 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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