CVE-2017-7511 describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in poppler versions 0.17.3 and later, specifically affecting the pdfunite utility. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 5.5) can be triggered by processing specially crafted PDF documents, leading to a denial of service (availability impact) on the affected system. Exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), but no privileges (PR:N). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.17.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:0.17.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.17.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:0.17.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.18.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:0.18.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.18.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:0.18.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.18.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:0.18.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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