poppler: Stack exhaustion due to infinite recursive call in pdfunite
Published Jun 6, 2017
5.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.14%
Description
poppler through version 0.55.0 is vulnerable to an uncontrolled recursion in pdfunite resulting into potential denial-of-service.
Affected products
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- Version through 0.55.0StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat, Inc. | Poppler | n/a |
|
- ≤ 0.55.0
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: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 | 1.14% (0.01140) | 65.44th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 23, 2026 | 1.94% (0.01943) | 78.35th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00067) | 29.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 7, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00067) | 28.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.07% (0.00065) | 26.69th | 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-2017-7515 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101208 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1459066 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7515
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7515
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7515 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101208 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitVendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1459066 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7515 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7515 |
Change history (0)
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