CVE-2017-1000456
poppler - security update
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.72%
Description
freedesktop.org libpoppler 0.60.1 fails to validate boundaries in TextPool::addWord, leading to overflow in subsequent calculations.
How to fix CVE-2017-1000456
To remediate CVE-2017-1000456, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/poppler—upgrade to 0.61.1-2 or later
- Debian/poppler—upgrade to 0.18.4-6+deb7u5 or later
- —upgrade to 0.26.5-2+deb8u3 or later
Is CVE-2017-1000456 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 0.61.1-2
- from 0, < 0.18.4-6+deb7u5
- from 0, < 0.26.5-2+deb8u3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |