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CVE-2017-15565

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-15565 describes a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Poppler 0.59.0, specifically within the GfxImageColorMap::getGrayLine() function, which can be triggered by a specially crafted PDF document. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction. There is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), nor is there any evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.59.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:0.59.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.06%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0206 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 14,855 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: poppler
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: poppler
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: poppler

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-15565Low

poppler: NULL pointer dereference in the GfxImageColorMap::getGrayLine() function

Sep 28, 2017

References

bugs.freedesktop.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00023.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4079
Third Party Advisory