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CVE-2017-2814

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-07-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

An exploitable heap overflow vulnerability exists in the image rendering functionality of Poppler 0.53.0. A specifically crafted pdf can cause an image resizing after allocation has already occurred, resulting in heap corruption which can lead to code execution. An attacker controlled PDF file can be used to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected products

• poppler: 0.53.0

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99497
• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0311
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99497
• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0311

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