CVE-2017-2820 Integer overflow in Poppler
An attacker can execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a malicious PDF file processed by the Poppler library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-2820?
CVE-2017-2820 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler, published on 12 Jul 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-190
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-2820?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Freedesktop Poppler.
How do I fix CVE-2017-2820?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2017-2820 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-2820 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Freedesktop Poppler
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-2820, GHSA-2v7w-8gjr-q477, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2820.