poppler: Integer overflow in the JPEG 2000 image parsing functionality
Published Jul 12, 2017
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 4.42%
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.
Affected products
-
- Version 0.53StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
- 0.53.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
poppler
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
poppler
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
poppler
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | poppler | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | poppler | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | poppler | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1 other source (CVE.org) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (18 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.42% (0.04415) | 91.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.42% (0.04415) | 90.06th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.57% (0.01571) | 79.83th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.33% (0.04330) | 81.17th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.54% (0.00537) | 77.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 12, 2024 | 0.54% (0.00537) | 76.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.64% (0.00636) | 78.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 22, 2023 | 0.64% (0.00636) | 76.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2023 | 0.65% (0.00649) | 76.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.67% (0.00666) | 76.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.58% (0.01578) | 75.39th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 8, 2022 | 1.58% (0.01578) | 73.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.44% (0.01440) | 71.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.44% (0.01440) | 50.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.09% (0.01095) | 29.04th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 1.09% (0.01095) | 28.40th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 1.09% (0.01095) | 65.96th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.09% (0.01095) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (7)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99497 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2820 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1470138 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2820
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0321 x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2820
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0321
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99497 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2820 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1470138 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2820 | ||
| https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0321 | x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2820 | ||
| https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0321 |
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