6.5

CVE-2017-9083: freedesktop poppler NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 6.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-9083DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9083
Published 19-05-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-9083 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in freedesktop poppler. EPSS estimates a 1.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
36/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.12%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2
SUSE-SU-2017:1672-1USN-3350-1

Timeline

  1. 19-05-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.12%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

66%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.12% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.12%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugs.freedesktop.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • popplerAll versions (No fix recorded)
Freedesktop1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • poppler< 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.5 | < 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.2

3 vendors · 3 products

References

7 links