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CVE-2017-1000456

Publication date 2 January 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

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

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
poppler 17.10 artful
Fixed 0.57.0-2ubuntu4.2
17.04 zesty
Fixed 0.48.0-2ubuntu2.5
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.6
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.9

Patch details

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Package Patch details
poppler

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3517-1
    • poppler vulnerabilities
    • 8 January 2018

Other references