Poppler up to 0.55 pdftocairo GfxState.cc PDF Document memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Poppler up to 0.55. Affected is an unknown function of the file GfxState.cc of the component pdftocairo. The manipulation as part of PDF Document leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2017-9775. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Poppler up to 0.55 (Document Reader Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the file GfxState.cc of the component pdftocairo. The manipulation as part of a PDF Document leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Stack buffer overflow in GfxState.cc in pdftocairo in Poppler before 0.56 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted PDF document.

The bug was discovered 06/21/2017. The weakness was released 06/22/2017 by Alberto Garcia with Cisco (Website). The advisory is shared at bugs.freedesktop.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-9775 since 06/21/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

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 101633 (Fedora 26 : poppler (2017-5112220e59)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 196844 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Poppler Vulnerabilities (USN-3350-1)).

Upgrading to version 0.56 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (101633) and SecurityFocus (BID 99241†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-101872, VDB-101944, VDB-102021 and VDB-102762. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 101633
Nessus Name: Fedora 26 : poppler (2017-5112220e59)
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OpenVAS ID: 867773
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for mingw-poppler FEDORA-2017-bbb664e0a0
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Poppler 0.56

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: FEDORA-2017-5112220e59
Researcher: Alberto Garcia
Organization: Cisco
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-9775 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-9775
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-102761

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SecurityFocus: 99241 - Poppler 'GfxState.cc' Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/23/2017 09:45
Updated: 12/08/2022 19:08
Changes: 06/23/2017 09:45 (79), 05/25/2020 18:50 (7), 12/08/2022 19:01 (4), 12/08/2022 19:08 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:F62:103

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