VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2017-14976
CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability2.58%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-10-02
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Issue Tracking, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Issue Tracking, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory