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CVE-2017-9776 json

Integer overflow leading to Heap buffer overflow in JBIG2Stream.cc in pdftocairo in Poppler before 0.56 allows remote attackers to cause a…

published 2017-06-22 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-18706

cvss
7.8
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

Integer overflow leading to Heap buffer overflow in JBIG2Stream.cc in pdftocairo in Poppler before 0.56 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PDF document.

Patch / fix

  • poppler Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.57.0-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9776

  • poppler Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.7
  • poppler Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.4

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9776

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 RHEL 7 0.26.5-17.el7_4
  • poppler-qt RHEL 7 0.26.5-17.el7_4
  • poppler-cpp RHEL 7 0.26.5-17.el7_4
  • poppler-glib RHEL 7 0.26.5-17.el7_4
  • poppler-demos RHEL 7 0.26.5-17.el7_4
  • poppler-utils RHEL 7 0.26.5-17.el7_4
  • poppler RHEL 6 0.12.4-12.el6_9
  • poppler-qt RHEL 6 0.12.4-12.el6_9

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:2551RHSA-2017:2550

  • poppler SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +6 more 0.43.0-16.5.1
  • poppler-qt SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +6 more 0.43.0-16.5.1
  • poppler SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2 +2 more 0.24.4-14.6.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:1999-1SUSE-SU-2017:1998-1

  • poppler Arch Linux 0.56.0-1

arch linux advisories AVG-326

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-2017-9776 updated cvss 5.3

poppler: Integer overflow in JBIG2Stream.cc

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 poppler
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) poppler 0.26.5-17.el7_4, poppler-qt 0.26.5-17.el7_4, poppler-glib 0.26.5-17.el7_4, poppler-utils 0.26.5-17.el7_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) poppler-cpp 0.26.5-17.el7_4, poppler-demos 0.26.5-17.el7_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) poppler 0.26.5-17.el7_4, poppler-qt 0.26.5-17.el7_4, poppler-utils 0.26.5-17.el7_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) poppler-cpp 0.26.5-17.el7_4, poppler-glib 0.26.5-17.el7_4, poppler-demos 0.26.5-17.el7_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2551
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) poppler 0.12.4-12.el6_9, poppler-qt4 0.12.4-12.el6_9, poppler-glib 0.12.4-12.el6_9, poppler-utils 0.12.4-12.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) poppler-qt 0.12.4-12.el6_9, poppler-qt4 0.12.4-12.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) poppler 0.12.4-12.el6_9, poppler-utils 0.12.4-12.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) poppler-qt 0.12.4-12.el6_9, poppler-qt4 0.12.4-12.el6_9, poppler-glib 0.12.4-12.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) poppler 0.12.4-12.el6_9, poppler-qt4 0.12.4-12.el6_9, poppler-glib 0.12.4-12.el6_9, poppler-utils 0.12.4-12.el6_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2550
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) poppler 0.26.5-17.el7_4, poppler-qt 0.26.5-17.el7_4, poppler-glib 0.26.5-17.el7_4, poppler-utils 0.26.5-17.el7_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2551
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) poppler-qt 0.12.4-12.el6_9, poppler-qt4 0.12.4-12.el6_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2550
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) poppler-qt 0.26.5-17.el7_4, poppler-cpp 0.26.5-17.el7_4, poppler-demos 0.26.5-17.el7_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2551
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) poppler 0.12.4-12.el6_9, poppler-qt4 0.12.4-12.el6_9, poppler-glib 0.12.4-12.el6_9, poppler-utils 0.12.4-12.el6_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2550
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) poppler 0.26.5-17.el7_4, poppler-qt 0.26.5-17.el7_4, poppler-glib 0.26.5-17.el7_4, poppler-utils 0.26.5-17.el7_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2551
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) poppler-qt 0.12.4-12.el6_9, poppler-qt4 0.12.4-12.el6_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2550
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) poppler-cpp 0.26.5-17.el7_4, poppler-demos 0.26.5-17.el7_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2551

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Exploit prediction

2.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

Sources

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