CVE-2017-2818 is a high-severity heap overflow vulnerability affecting Poppler 0.53.0, specifically within its image rendering functionality. A specially crafted PDF file can trigger this flaw, leading to heap corruption. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a high risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.53.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:0.53.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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