CVE-2017-9406
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.0%
Description
In Poppler 0.54.0, a memory leak vulnerability was found in the function gmalloc in gmem.cc, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.
How to fix CVE-2017-9406
To remediate CVE-2017-9406, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/poppler—upgrade to 0.57.0-2 or later
Is CVE-2017-9406 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 0.57.0-2
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 |