5.5

CVE-2017-9865: debian debian_linux Out-of-bounds Read

CVSS: 5.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-9865DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9865
Published 25-06-2017Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-9865 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 1.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.68%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 2

Timeline

  1. 25-06-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The function GfxImageColorMap::getGray in GfxState.cc in Poppler 0.54.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted PDF document, related to missing color-map validation in ImageOutputDev.cc.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.68%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

77%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.68% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.68%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian2 products
Freedesktop1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • poppler< 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.14

3 vendors · 4 products

References

9 links