CVE-2017-9083
N/A
Published: May 19, 2017 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:27 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPoppler
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101084Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-17Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476
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