CVE-2017-9083
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.68%
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-9083
No fixed version has been published yet. Mitigate by removing the affected package or applying upstream guidance from the references below.
- Debian/poppler—no fix listed
Is CVE-2017-9083 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |