Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published May 19, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-9083
CVE-2017-9083
Description
poppler 0.54.0, as used in Evince and other products, has a NULL pointer dereference in the JPXStream::readUByte function in JPXStream.cc. For example, the perf_test utility will crash (segmentation fault) when parsing an invalid PDF file.
Affected products
1- cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:0.54.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
2- bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-17nvdThird Party Advisory
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