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5.3	$0-$5k	0.00

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Poppler 0.59.0 (Document Reader Software). This affects the function ImageStream of the file Stream.cc. The manipulation as part of a PDF File leads to a input validation vulnerability (Floating Point). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

In Poppler 0.59.0, a floating point exception occurs in the ImageStream class in Stream.cc, which may lead to a potential attack when handling malicious PDF files.

The bug was discovered 09/19/2017. The weakness was released 09/20/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at bugs.freedesktop.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-14617 since 09/20/2017. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 103519 (Debian DLA-1116-1 : poppler security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 196931 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Poppler Vulnerabilities (USN-3440-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 1 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (103519). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 106762, 106764, 107292 and 107294.

Productinfo

Type

• Document Reader Software

Name

• Poppler

Version

• 0.59.0

License

• open-source

CPE 2.3info

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• 🔍

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 7.8
NVD Vector: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Name: Floating Point
Class: Input validation / Floating Point
CWE: CWE-20
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 103519
Nessus Name: Debian DLA-1116-1 : poppler security update
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Context: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 867773
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for mingw-poppler FEDORA-2017-a0ffdf1fbd
OpenVAS File: 🔍
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Timelineinfo

09/19/2017 🔍
09/20/2017 +1 days 🔍
09/20/2017 +0 days 🔍
09/20/2017 +0 days 🔍
09/21/2017 +1 days 🔍
09/27/2017 +6 days 🔍
09/28/2017 +1 days 🔍
05/26/2020 +971 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bugs.freedesktop.org
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2017-14617 (🔍)
See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 09/21/2017 09:05
Updated: 05/26/2020 06:55
Changes: 09/21/2017 09:05 (75), 05/26/2020 06:55 (4)
Complete: 🔍

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