CVE-2017-2820
poppler: Integer overflow in the JPEG 2000 image parsing functionality
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · July 7, 2017
Updated · June 30, 2026
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.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 7CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound