CVE-2017-14976
N/A
Published: October 1, 2017 at 11:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:07 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxPoppler
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingVDB EntryVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102724x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=da63c35549e8852a410946ab016a3f25ac701bdfMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00023.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4079Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125
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