CVE-2017-2820

poppler: Integer overflow in the JPEG 2000 image parsing functionality

Published Jul 12, 2017 CVSS 3.1 · 8.8 High EPSS 4.4% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Source ID Title
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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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
talos
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 5:57 PM
Reserved
Dec 1, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 12, 2017, 5:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:16 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jul 7, 2017, 12:00 AM