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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-1000456

freedesktop.org libpoppler 0.60.1 fails to validate boundaries in TextPool::addWord, leading to overflow in subsequent calculations.

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1 Nov 2026, 06:03 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2017-1000456

core-osv · Original source

Published 2 Jan 2018, 18:29 UTC

freedesktop.org libpoppler 0.60.1 fails to validate boundaries in TextPool::addWord, leading to overflow in subsequent calculations.

osv:CVE-2017-1000456
Complete source record
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      "references": [
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