UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9865

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9865

    Published: 25 Jun 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-9865
    Aliases:
    USN-4042-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9865, http://somevulnsofadlab.blogspot.com/2017/06/popplerstack-buffer-overflow-in.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4042-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9865

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: poppler

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.41.0-0ubuntu1.14

    Affected versions

    0.33.0-0ubuntu3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High