CVE-2017-14976
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
The FoFiType1C::convertToType0 function in FoFiType1C.cc in Poppler 0.59.0 has a heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability if an out-of-bounds font dictionary index is encountered, which allows an attacker to launch a denial of service attack.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | 7.0 | affected | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| debian | 9.0 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0.61.1-2 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0.61.1-2 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0.61.1-2 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0.61.1-2 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0.61.1-2 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| freedesktop | poppler | 0.59.0 | |
References
- https://bugzilla.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102724
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=da63c35549e8852a410946ab016a3f25ac701bdf
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00023.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4079
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14976.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-14976
CWEs
CWE-125
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.