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CVE-2017-9406

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-9406 is a memory leak vulnerability in Poppler version 0.54.0, specifically within the gmalloc function in gmem.cc, affecting Debian Linux and Poppler distributions. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to trigger a denial of service by enticing a user to open a specially crafted file. Rated 6.5 Medium, the attack requires user interaction but has high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.54.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:0.54.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0146 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 26,221 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 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-2017-9406Low

poppler: Memory leak in the gmalloc function in gmem.cc

Apr 24, 2017

References

bugs.freedesktop.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201801-17
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4079
Third Party Advisory