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CVE-2017-2814

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-2814 is a heap overflow vulnerability in Poppler 0.53.0's image rendering functionality, affecting freedesktop Poppler. A specially crafted PDF can trigger heap corruption through image resizing after allocation, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), it presents a significant risk as it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction. While no public exploits (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) are currently available and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, its high FAUCET Risk Score of 72/100 indicates a notable threat. There is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.53.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:0.53.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0272 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 14,875 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 Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-2814Moderate

poppler: Heap-buffer overflow in DCTStream::readScan()

Jul 7, 2017

References

talosintelligence.com / vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0311
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/99497
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry