CVE-2017-9865

poppler: Buffer over-read in the GfxImageColorMap::getGray function

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · April 24, 2017

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

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.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-121 · Stack-based Buffer Overflow