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CVE-2017-9865

The function GfxImageColorMap::getGray in GfxState.cc in Poppler 0.54.0 allows remote attackers...

5.5 MediumFix available

The function GfxImageColorMap::getGray in GfxState.cc in Poppler 0.54.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted PDF document, related to missing color-map validation in ImageOutputDev.cc.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.68%Down 0.3 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.5

The function GfxImageColorMap::getGray in GfxState.cc in Poppler 0.54.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted PDF document, related to missing color-map validation in ImageOutputDev.cc.

Record
CVE-2017-9865
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-125
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

The function GfxImageColorMap::getGray in GfxState.cc in Poppler 0.54.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted PDF document, related to missing color-map validation in ImageOutputDev.cc.

Record
CVE-2017-9865
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-18775 No score

The function GfxImageColorMap::getGray in GfxState.cc in Poppler 0.54.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted PDF document, related to missing color-map validation in ImageOutputDev.cc.

Record
EUVD-2017-18775
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jjgx-wvcc-8xv3 5.5

The function GfxImageColorMap::getGray in GfxState.cc in Poppler 0.54.0 allows remote attackers...

The function GfxImageColorMap::getGray in GfxState.cc in Poppler 0.54.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted PDF document, related to missing color-map validation in ImageOutputDev.cc.

Record
GHSA-jjgx-wvcc-8xv3
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-125
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 5.5

The function GfxImageColorMap::getGray in GfxState.cc in Poppler 0.54.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted PDF document, related to missing color-map validation in ImageOutputDev.cc.

Record
CVE-2017-9865
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2017-9865 5.5

The function GfxImageColorMap::getGray in GfxState.cc in Poppler 0.54.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted PDF document, related to missing color-map validation in ImageOutputDev.cc.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9865
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-9865 5.5

The function GfxImageColorMap::getGray in GfxState.cc in Poppler 0.54.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted PDF document, related to missing color-map validation in ImageOutputDev.cc.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9865
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2017-0276 No score

Updated poppler packages fix security vulnerabilities

Jiaqi Peng discovered that the poppler pdfunite tool incorrectly parsed certain malformed PDF documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause poppler to crash, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2017-7511).

It was discovered that the poppler pdfunite tool incorrectly parsed certain malformed PDF documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause poppler to hang, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2017-7515).

It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled memory when processing PDF documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause poppler to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2017-9406, CVE-2017-9408).

Alberto Garcia, Francisco Oca, and Suleman Ali discovered that the poppler pdftocairo tool incorrectly parsed certain malformed PDF documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause poppler to crash, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2017-9775).

Integer overflow leading to Heap buffer overflow in JBIG2Stream.cc in pdftocairo in Poppler allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PDF document (CVE-2017-9776).

The function GfxImageColorMap::getGray in GfxState.cc in Poppler allows attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted PDF document, related to missing color-map validation in ImageOutputDev.cc (CVE-2017-9865).

Record
MGASA-2017-0276
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2017-0329 No score

Updated poppler packages fix security vulnerabilities

Integer overflow leading to Heap buffer overflow in JBIG2Stream.cc in pdftocairo in Poppler allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PDF document (CVE-2017-9776).

The function GfxImageColorMap::getGray in GfxState.cc in Poppler allows attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted PDF document, related to missing color-map validation in ImageOutputDev.cc (CVE-2017-9865).

Record
MGASA-2017-0329
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:1662-1 No score

Security update for poppler

This update for poppler fixes the following issues:

These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2017-14517: Prevent NULL Pointer dereference in the XRef::parseEntry() function via a crafted PDF document (bsc#1059066).
  • CVE-2017-9865: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in GfxState.cc that would have allowed attackers to facilitate a denial-of-service attack via specially crafted PDF documents. (bsc#1045939)
  • CVE-2017-14518: Remedy a floating point exception in isImageInterpolationRequired() that could have been exploited using a specially crafted PDF document. (bsc#1059101)
  • CVE-2017-14520: Remedy a floating point exception in Splash::scaleImageYuXd() that could have been exploited using a specially crafted PDF document. (bsc#1059155)
  • CVE-2017-14617: Fixed a floating point exception in Stream.cc, which may lead to a potential attack when handling malicious PDF files. (bsc#1060220)
  • CVE-2017-14928: Fixed a NULL Pointer dereference in AnnotRichMedia::Configuration::Configuration() in Annot.cc, which may lead to a potential attack when handling malicious PDF files. (bsc#1061092)
  • CVE-2017-14975: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability, that existed because a data structure in FoFiType1C.cc was not initialized, which allowed an attacker to launch a denial of service attack. (bsc#1061263)
  • CVE-2017-14976: Fixed a heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability in FoFiType1C.cc that occurred when an out-of-bounds font dictionary index was encountered, which allowed an attacker to launch a denial of service attack. (bsc#1061264)
  • CVE-2017-14977: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the FoFiTrueType::getCFFBlock() function in FoFiTrueType.cc that occurred due to lack of validation of a table pointer, which allows an attacker to launch a denial of service attack. (bsc#1061265)
  • CVE-2017-15565: Prevent NULL Pointer dereference in the GfxImageColorMap::getGrayLine() function via a crafted PDF document (bsc#1064593).
  • CVE-2017-1000456: Validate boundaries in TextPool::addWord to prevent overflows in subsequent calculations (bsc#1074453).
Record
SUSE-SU-2018:1662-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-4042-1 No score

poppler vulnerabilities

It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code

Record
USN-4042-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
poppler
Debian:12
before 0.57.0-2
0.57.0-2
poppler
Debian:13
before 0.57.0-2
0.57.0-2
poppler
Debian:14
before 0.57.0-2
0.57.0-2
poppler
Debian:7
before 0.18.4-6+deb7u2, plus listed versions
0.18.4-60.18.4-6+deb7u1
0.18.4-6+deb7u2
poppler
Debian:8
before 0.26.5-2+deb8u2, plus listed versions
0.26.5-20.26.5-2+deb8u10.26.5-2+deb8u1~bpo70+1
0.26.5-2+deb8u2
poppler
Debian:9
before 0.48.0-2+deb9u1, plus listed versions
0.48.0-2
0.48.0-2+deb9u1
poppler
Mageia:5
before 0.26.5-2.3.mga5
0.26.5-2.3.mga5
poppler
Mageia:6
before 0.52.0-3.1.mga6
0.52.0-3.1.mga6
poppler
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
before 0.43.0-16.15.1
0.43.0-16.15.1
poppler-qt
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
before 0.43.0-16.15.1
0.43.0-16.15.1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
poppler
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3
before 0.43.0-16.15.1
0.43.0-16.15.1
poppler-qt
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3
before 0.43.0-16.15.1
0.43.0-16.15.1
poppler
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
before 0.43.0-16.15.1
0.43.0-16.15.1
poppler-qt
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
before 0.43.0-16.15.1
0.43.0-16.15.1
poppler
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
before 0.43.0-16.15.1
0.43.0-16.15.1
poppler-qt
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
before 0.43.0-16.15.1
0.43.0-16.15.1
poppler
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
before 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.14, plus listed versions
0.33.0-0ubuntu30.37.0-0ubuntu10.38.0-0ubuntu10.41.0-0ubuntu10.41.0-0ubuntu1.1
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0.41.0-0ubuntu1.20.41.0-0ubuntu1.30.41.0-0ubuntu1.40.41.0-0ubuntu1.50.41.0-0ubuntu1.60.41.0-0ubuntu1.70.41.0-0ubuntu1.80.41.0-0ubuntu1.90.41.0-0ubuntu1.100.41.0-0ubuntu1.110.41.0-0ubuntu1.120.41.0-0ubuntu1.13
0.41.0-0ubuntu1.14
poppler
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
before 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.9, plus listed versions
0.57.0-2ubuntu40.57.0-2ubuntu50.62.0-1ubuntu10.62.0-2ubuntu10.62.0-2ubuntu2
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0.62.0-2ubuntu2.10.62.0-2ubuntu2.20.62.0-2ubuntu2.40.62.0-2ubuntu2.50.62.0-2ubuntu2.60.62.0-2ubuntu2.70.62.0-2ubuntu2.8
0.62.0-2ubuntu2.9

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2017-9865 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Freedesktop Poppler, published June 25, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.68%, the 76th percentile. Fixed in poppler 0.57.0-2.

References

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