Vulnerability Details : CVE-2017-7515
Potential exploit
poppler through version 0.55.0 is vulnerable to an uncontrolled recursion in pdfunite resulting into potential denial-of-service.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Products affected by CVE-2017-7515
- cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-7515
0.06%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 16 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2017-7515
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4.3
|
MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
8.6
|
2.9
|
NIST | |
|
5.5
|
MEDIUM | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
1.8
|
3.6
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2017-7515
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The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.Assigned by:
- nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
- secalert@redhat.com (Secondary)
References for CVE-2017-7515
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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101208
101208 – [pdfunite] crash due to a recursive call of two functions that exhausts the call stackExploit;Vendor Advisory
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