An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists in the JPEG 2000 image parsing functionality of freedesktop.org Poppler 0.53.0. A specially crafted PDF file can lead to an integer overflow causing out of bounds memory overwrite on the heap resulting in potential arbitrary code execution. To trigger this vulnerability, a victim must open the malicious PDF in an application using this library.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists in the JPEG 2000 image parsing functionality of
    freedesktop.org Poppler 0.53.0. A specially crafted PDF file can lead to an integer overflow causing out
    of bounds memory overwrite on the heap resulting in potential arbitrary code execution. To trigger this
    vulnerability, a victim must open the malicious PDF in an application using this library. (CVE-2017-2820)

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists in the JPEG 2000 image parsing functionality of     freedesktop.org Poppler 0.53.0. A specially crafted PDF file can lead to an integer overflow causing out     of bounds memory overwrite on the heap resulting in potential arbitrary code execution. To trigger this     vulnerability, a victim must open the malicious PDF in an application using this library. (CVE-2017-2820)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201801-17 (Poppler: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Poppler. Please review       the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker, by enticing a user to open a specially crafted PDF,       could execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3350-1 advisory.

    Aleksandar Nikolic discovered that poppler incorrectly handled JPEG 2000 images. If a user or automated     system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or     possibly execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2017-2820)

    Jiaqi Peng discovered that the poppler pdfunite tool incorrectly parsed certain malformed PDF documents.
    If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause     poppler to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-7511)

    It was discovered that the poppler pdfunite tool incorrectly parsed certain malformed PDF documents. If a     user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause poppler to     hang, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-7515)

    It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled JPEG 2000 images. If a user or automated system were     tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause cause poppler to crash, resulting in a     denial of service. (CVE-2017-9083)

    It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled memory when processing PDF documents. If a user or     automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause poppler to consume     resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-9406, CVE-2017-9408)

    Alberto Garcia, Francisco Oca, and Suleman Ali discovered that the poppler pdftocairo tool incorrectly     parsed certain malformed PDF documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted     PDF file, an attacker could cause poppler to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-9775)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
465180	Echo: poppler: security update to 25.03.0-5+deb13u2+e1	Tenable Cloud Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	high
465180	Echo: poppler: security update to 25.03.0-5+deb13u2+e1	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	high
254942	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-2820	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high
106116	GLSA-201801-17 : Poppler: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	Local	high
101354	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : poppler vulnerabilities (USN-3350-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	Local	high

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