poppler: Floating point exception in the ImageStream class
Published Sep 20, 2017
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.94%
Description
In Poppler 0.59.0, a floating point exception occurs in the ImageStream class in Stream.cc, which may lead to a potential attack when handling malicious PDF files.
Affected products
No data.
- 0.59.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
poppler
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
poppler
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
poppler
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | poppler | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | poppler | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | poppler | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 0.94% (0.00944) | 59.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 0.94% (0.00944) | 59.54th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 26.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 25, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 25.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 15, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 23.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00054) | 19.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00063) | 25.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.42% (0.00416) | 10.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.42% (0.00416) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (5)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14617 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102854 x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1499905 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14617
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14617
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14617 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102854 | x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1499905 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14617 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14617 |
Change history (0)
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