vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2017-1000456: poppler: Invalid read in TextPool::addWord() causes crash and can lead to overflow in subsequent calculations
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Jan 2, 2018 | Jul 9, 2025 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jan 2, 2018
Added
Jul 9, 2025
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
Description
freedesktop.org libpoppler 0.60.1 fails to validate boundaries in TextPool::addWord, leading to overflow in subsequent calculations.
Solution
no-fix-redhat-rpm-package
References
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