First published: Wed Sep 20 2017(Updated: )
In Poppler 0.59.0, a floating point exception occurs in the ImageStream class in Stream.cc, which may lead to a potential attack when handling malicious PDF files.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Poppler Data | =0.59.0 |
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CVE-2017-14617 has a severity rating that indicates a floating point exception vulnerability, which can be exploited through malicious PDF files.
To fix CVE-2017-14617, users should update Poppler to a version later than 0.59.0 that has addressed this vulnerability.
CVE-2017-14617 specifically affects Poppler version 0.59.0.
CVE-2017-14617 may lead to potential attacks that exploit the floating point exception during the handling of malicious PDF files.
If your systems are running Poppler version 0.59.0 or earlier, CVE-2017-14617 remains a concern and should be mitigated.