# CVE-2017-7511: poppler since version 0.17.3 has been vulnerable to NULL pointer dereference in pdfunite triggered by specially crafted documents.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-05-30 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- poppler: since 0.17.3

## Description

poppler since version 0.17.3 has been vulnerable to NULL pointer dereference in pdfunite triggered by specially crafted documents.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on poppler, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-17
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=5c9b08a875b07853be6c44e43ff5f7f059df666a

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