VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-2820

CVSS score8.8 HIGH

EPSS probability4.42%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2017-07-12

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Primary references

talos-cna@cisco.com — Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
talos-cna@cisco.com — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry