CVE-2017-14976
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.026 · 85 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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affected products (5)
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references (10)
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- https://bugzilla.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102724cnnvd
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=da63c35549e8852a410946ab016a3f25ac701bdfcnnvd
- https://bugzilla.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102724enisa_euvd
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=da63c35549e8852a410946ab016a3f25ac701bdfenisa_euvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00023.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4079enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102724ExploitIssue TrackingVDB EntryVendor Advisorynvd
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=da63c35549e8852a410946ab016a3f25ac701bdfPatchVendor Advisorynvd
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