CVE-2017-14976 — Out-of-bounds Read in Poppler

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds ReadCWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow11 documents8 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.1%
top 22.00%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Freedesktop PopplerDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedOct 2
Latest updateMay 14

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianfreedesktop/poppler< 0.61.1-2+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 7.0, 8.0, 9.0

Patches

Patch: cgit.freedesktop.org ↗Patch: cgit.freedesktop.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-jjjr-whrw-jx52: The FoFiType1C::convertToType0 function in FoFiType1C↗2022-05-14
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OSV
poppler vulnerabilities↗2018-01-08
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OSV
CVE-2017-14976: The FoFiType1C::convertToType0 function in FoFiType1C↗2017-10-02
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CVEList
CVE-2017-14976: The FoFiType1C::convertToType0 function in FoFiType1C↗2017-10-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
poppler vulnerabilities↗2018-01-08
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Red Hat
poppler: Heap-based buffer over-read in the FoFiType1C::convertToType0 function↗2017-09-14
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Debian
CVE-2017-14976: poppler - The FoFiType1C::convertToType0 function in FoFiType1C.cc in Poppler 0.59.0 has a...↗2017
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-14976 poppler: Heap-based buffer over-read in the FoFiType1C::convertToType0 function↗2017-10-10
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-14517 CVE-2017-14518 CVE-2017-14519 CVE-2017-14929 CVE-2017-14975 CVE-2017-14976 CVE-2017-14977 mingw-poppler: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2017-10-06
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-14517 CVE-2017-14518 CVE-2017-14519 CVE-2017-14929 CVE-2017-14975 CVE-2017-14976 CVE-2017-14977 poppler: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2017-10-06
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