Description
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.
Published: 2017-07-12
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-11961 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3350-1 poppler vulnerabilities
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Freedesktop Poppler
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:57:59.150Z

Reserved: 2016-12-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-2820

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Status : Modified

Published: 2017-07-12T17:29:00.530

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-2820

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-07-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-2820 - Bugzilla

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