poppler: Null pointer dereference in pdfunite via crafted documents
Published May 30, 2017
5.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.09%
Description
poppler since version 0.17.3 has been vulnerable to NULL pointer dereference in pdfunite triggered by specially crafted documents.
Affected products
-
- Version since 0.17.3StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
- 0.17.3
- 0.17.4
- 0.18.0
- 0.18.1
- 0.18.2
- 0.18.3
- 0.18.4
- 0.19.0
- 0.19.1
- 0.19.2
- 0.19.3
- 0.19.4
- 0.20.0
- 0.20.1
- 0.20.2
- 0.20.3
- 0.20.4
- 0.20.5
- 0.21.0
- 0.21.1
- 0.21.2
- 0.21.3
- 0.21.4
- 0.22.0
- 0.22.1
- 0.22.2
- 0.22.3
- 0.22.4
- 0.22.5
- 0.23.0
- 0.23.1
- 0.23.2
- 0.23.3
- 0.23.4
- 0.24.0
- 0.24.1
- 0.24.2
- 0.24.3
- 0.24.4
- 0.24.5
- 0.25.0
- 0.25.1
- 0.25.2
- 0.25.3
- 0.26.0
- 0.26.1
- 0.26.2
- 0.26.3
- 0.26.4
- 0.26.5
- 0.28.0
- 0.28.1
- 0.29.0
- 0.30.0
- 0.31.0
- 0.32.0
- 0.33.0
- 0.34.0
- 0.35.0
- 0.36.0
- 0.37.0
- 0.38.0
- 0.39.0
- 0.40.0
- 0.41.0
- 0.42.0
- 0.43.0
- 0.44.0
- 0.45.0
- 0.46.0
- 0.47.0
- 0.48.0
- 0.49.0
- 0.50.0
- 0.51.0
- 0.52.0
- 0.53.0
- 0.54.0
- 0.55.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
poppler
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
poppler
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
poppler
Will not fix
| 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 | 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:N/I:N/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:N/I:N/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 v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.09% (0.01089) | 64.11th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 23, 2026 | 1.75% (0.01754) | 75.88th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00061) | 26.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 10, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00061) | 26.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00061) | 24.03th | 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 | 0.62% (0.00624) | 17.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.62% (0.00624) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (6)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7511 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1456827 Issue Tracking
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=5c9b08a875b07853be6c44e43ff5f7f059df666a x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7511
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-17 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7511
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7511 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1456827 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=5c9b08a875b07853be6c44e43ff5f7f059df666a | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7511 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-17 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7511 |
Change history (0)
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