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CVE-2017-1000456 json

freedesktop.org libpoppler 0.60.1 fails to validate boundaries in TextPool::addWord, leading to overflow in subsequent calculations.

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-1583

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.0%
EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

freedesktop.org libpoppler 0.60.1 fails to validate boundaries in TextPool::addWord, leading to overflow in subsequent calculations.

Patch / fix

  • poppler Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.61.1-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-1000456

  • poppler Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.9
  • poppler Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.6

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000456

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • poppler SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP4 0.24.4-14.16.6
  • poppler SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 0.12.3-1.13.3.2
  • poppler SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP3, SLED 12 SP3 +1 more 0.43.0-16.15.1
  • poppler-qt SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP3, SLED 12 SP3 +1 more 0.43.0-16.15.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:1626-1SUSE-SU-2018:1691-1SUSE-SU-2018:1662-1

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-1000456 updated cvss 7.3

poppler: Invalid read in TextPool::addWord() causes crash and can lead to overflow in subsequent calculations

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 poppler Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 poppler, poppler-qt, poppler-qt4, poppler-glib, poppler-utils Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 poppler, poppler-qt, poppler-cpp, poppler-glib, poppler-demos, poppler-utils
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 poppler, poppler-cpp, poppler-qt5, poppler-glib, poppler-utils
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugs.freedesktop.org https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103116 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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