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CVE-2017-14975

The FoFiType1C::convertToType0 function in FoFiType1C.cc in Poppler 0.59.0 has a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability because a data structure is not initialized, which allows an attacker to launch a denial of service attack.

Published

2017-10-02T01:29:00.593

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-476

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	freedesktop	poppler	0.59.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	7.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	9.0	Yes

References

https://bugzilla.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102653 Exploit, Issue Tracking, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00023.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4079 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102653 Exploit, Issue Tracking, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00023.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4079 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)