Medium 6.5Published Jun 2, 2017

CVE-2017-9408In Poppler 0.54.0, a memory leak vulnerability was found in the function Object::initArray in Object.cc, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

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In Poppler 0.54.0, a memory leak vulnerability was found in the function Object::initArray in Object.cc, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

CVSS: 6.5 MEDIUM (v3.0, NVD)CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-772
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

freedesktop poppler freedesktop:poppler	0.54.0	NVD
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux	8.0; 9.0	NVD

References

References

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=100776	issue-tracking, vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-17	third-party-advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4079	third-party-advisory

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