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CVE-2017-9406: In Poppler 0.54.0, a memory leak vulnerability was found in the function gmalloc in gmem.cc, which allows attackers to cause a denial of…

MediumCVSS 6.5 · v3.0—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 26/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.4% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 73.9% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. A user must open a link or visit a page. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: poppler (Debian:12) 0.57.0-2; poppler (Debian:8) 0.26.5-2+deb8u2; poppler (Debian:9) 0.48.0-2+deb9u1.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to poppler (Debian:12) 0.57.0-2; poppler (Debian:8) 0.26.5-2+deb8u2; poppler (Debian:9) 0.48.0-2+deb9u1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In Poppler 0.54.0, a memory leak vulnerability was found in the function gmalloc in gmem.cc, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Published
Jun 2, 2017
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.4% · 73th percentile

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Action score

26

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
26 / 40 · 6.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 1.4%

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VendorProduct
freedesktoppoppler
debiandebian linux

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • debian debian linux8.0
  • debian debian linux9.0
  • freedesktop poppler0.54.0

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12popplerbefore 0.57.0-20.57.0-2
Debian:8popplerbefore 0.26.5-2+deb8u20.26.5-2+deb8u2
Debian:9popplerbefore 0.48.0-2+deb9u10.48.0-2+deb9u1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2popplerbefore 0.24.4-14.3.10.24.4-14.3.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2popplerbefore 0.43.0-16.5.10.43.0-16.5.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2poppler-qtbefore 0.43.0-16.5.10.43.0-16.5.1

Same product

freedesktop: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2019-9631Poppler 0.74.0 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the CairoRescaleBox.cc downsample_row_box_filter function.
    40Plan
  • CVE-2018-21009Poppler before 0.66.0 has an integer overflow in Parser::makeStream in Parser.cc.
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2019-12293In Poppler through 0.76.1, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in JPXStream::init in JPEG2000Stream.cc via data with inconsistent…
    36Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2017-9083May 19, 2017 · poppler 0.54.0, as used in Evince and other products, has a NULL pointer dereference in the JPXStream::readUByte function in JPXStream.cc.
    26Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2017-7511May 30, 2017 · poppler since version 0.17.3 has been vulnerable to NULL pointer dereference in pdfunite triggered by specially crafted documents.
    22Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2017-9408Jun 2, 2017 · In Poppler 0.54.0, a memory leak vulnerability was found in the function Object::initArray in Object.cc, which allows attackers to cause a…
    27Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:poppler0.57.0-2 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
suse:poppler0.24.4-14.3.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2Package registry (OSV)
suse:poppler-qt0.43.0-16.5.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • A user must open a link or visit a page.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-772 · Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Attack patterns (CAPEC)

References

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