High severity · published Oct 2, 2017
CVE-2017-14977
The FoFiTrueType::getCFFBlock function in FoFiTrueType.cc in Poppler 0.59.0 has a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability due to lack of validation of a table pointer, which allows…
7.5
CVSS
2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The FoFiTrueType::getCFFBlock function in FoFiTrueType.cc in Poppler 0.59.0 has a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability due to lack of validation of a table pointer, which allows an attacker to launch a denial of service attack.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.0% · higher than 81% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0; 8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
PO
Poppler · Freedesktop
0.59.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14977
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14977
Exploit
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103045
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00023.html
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4079
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