An exploitable heap overflow vulnerability exists in the image rendering functionality of Poppler 0.53.0.

published 2017-07-12 9y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-11955

cvss: 7.5; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 3.0%; EPSS 3.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits: 0; none known

An exploitable heap overflow vulnerability exists in the image rendering functionality of Poppler 0.53.0. A specifically crafted pdf can cause an image resizing after allocation has already occurred, resulting in heap corruption which can lead to code execution. An attacker controlled PDF file can be used to trigger this vulnerability.

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red hat product security vex CVE-2017-2814 updated 2026-11-07 cvss 7.0

poppler: Heap-buffer overflow in DCTStream::readScan()

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
not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

2.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	7.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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

Affected products

Poppler Poppler

Classification

Weakness

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

References

securityfocus.com /bid/99497
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
talosintelligence.com /vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0311
third-party-advisory, vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-2814
NVD CVE-2017-2814

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