CVE-2017-14976

Summary

CVECVE-2017-14976
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-10-02 01:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-05-03 20:14:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Freedesktop Poppler 0.59.0 All All All
Application Freedesktop Poppler 0.59.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4079-1 poppler DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
102724 – heap overflow in FoFiType1C::convertToType0, poppler 0.59.0 CONFIRM bugzilla.freedesktop.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1177-1] poppler security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
poppler/poppler - The poppler pdf rendering library (mirrored from https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler) CONFIRM cgit.freedesktop.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710306 Gentoo Linux Poppler Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201804-03)
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