UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9406

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9406

    Published: 2 Jun 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-9406
    Aliases:
    USN-3350-1

    Summary:

    Details: In Poppler 0.54.0, a memory leak vulnerability was found in the function gmalloc in gmem.cc, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9406, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3350-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9406

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: poppler

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.24.5-2ubuntu4.5

    Affected versions

    0.24.1-0ubuntu1
    0.24.3-0ubuntu1
    0.24.3-0ubuntu2
    0.24.3-0ubuntu3
    0.24.3-0ubuntu4
    0.24.3-0ubuntu5
    0.24.3-0ubuntu6
    0.24.3-0ubuntu7
    0.24.3-0ubuntu8
    0.24.3-0ubuntu10
    0.24.3-0ubuntu12
    0.24.5-0ubuntu3
    0.24.5-2ubuntu1
    0.24.5-2ubuntu2
    0.24.5-2ubuntu4
    0.24.5-2ubuntu4.1
    0.24.5-2ubuntu4.2
    0.24.5-2ubuntu4.3
    0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
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    Availability
    None
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