CVE-2017-2814
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: July 12, 2017 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:16 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsPopplerPoppler
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
An exploitable heap overflow vulnerability exists in the image rendering functionality of Poppler 0.53.0. A specifically crafted pdf can cause an image resizing after allocation has already occurred, resulting in heap corruption which can lead to code execution. An attacker controlled PDF file can be used to trigger this vulnerability.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (2)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99497x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0311CVSS
7.5HIGHtalos
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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