CVE-2017-2820

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    CVE-2017-2820

    Published: 12 Jul 2017Last Modified: 14 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists in the JPEG 2000 image parsing functionality of freedesktop.org Poppler 0.53.0. A specially crafted PDF file can lead to an integer overflow causing out of bounds memory overwrite on the heap resulting in potential arbitrary code execution. To trigger this vulnerability, a victim must open the malicious PDF in an application using this library.

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99497, https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0321

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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