CVE-2017-9775

Publication date 22 June 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

Stack buffer overflow in GfxState.cc in pdftocairo in Poppler before 0.56 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted PDF document.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
poppler 17.04 zesty
Fixed 0.48.0-2ubuntu2.1
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 0.44.0-3ubuntu2.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.2
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.5

Patch details

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Package Patch details
poppler

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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