CVE-2017-18267
published 2018-05-10CVE-2017-18267: The FoFiType1C::cvtGlyph function in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc in Poppler through 0.64.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via…
PriorityP418medium5.5CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
EPSS
1.91%
77.3th percentile
The FoFiType1C::cvtGlyph function in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc in Poppler through 0.64.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via a crafted PDF file, as demonstrated by pdftops.
Affected
18 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | poppler | < poppler 0.69.0-2 (bookworm) | poppler 0.69.0-2 (bookworm) |
| freedesktop | poppler | <= 0.64.0 | — |
| freedesktop | poppler | >= 0 < 0.69.0-2 | 0.69.0-2 |
| freedesktop | poppler | >= 0 < 0.69.0-2 | 0.69.0-2 |
| freedesktop | poppler | >= 0 < 0.69.0-2 | 0.69.0-2 |
| freedesktop | poppler | >= 0 < 0.69.0-2 | 0.69.0-2 |
| freedesktop | poppler | >= 0 < 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.11 | 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.11 |
| freedesktop | poppler | >= 0 < 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.7 | 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.7 |
| freedesktop | poppler | >= 0 < 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.1 | 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.1 |
| redhat | ansible_tower | — | — |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | — | — |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | — | — |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.05.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu5.5MEDIUM
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Ubuntu
poppler vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2018-05-15·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-18267 [MEDIUM] poppler vulnerabilities
Title: poppler vulnerabilities
Summary: poppler could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted PDF.
It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain PDF files.
An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2017-18267)
It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain PDF files.
An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-10768)
Instructions: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Red Hat
poppler: Infinite recursion in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc:FoFiType1C::cvtGlyph() function allows denial of service
vendor_redhat·2017-10-12·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-18267 [MEDIUM] CWE-674 poppler: Infinite recursion in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc:FoFiType1C::cvtGlyph() function allows denial of service
poppler: Infinite recursion in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc:FoFiType1C::cvtGlyph() function allows denial of service
The FoFiType1C::cvtGlyph function in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc in Poppler through 0.64.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via a crafted PDF file, as demonstrated by pdftops.
Package: poppler (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Will not fix
Package: poppler (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Affected
Package: poppler (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2017-18267: poppler - The FoFiType1C::cvtGlyph function in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc in Poppler through 0.64....
vendor_debian·2017·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-18267 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-18267: poppler - The FoFiType1C::cvtGlyph function in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc in Poppler through 0.64....
The FoFiType1C::cvtGlyph function in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc in Poppler through 0.64.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via a crafted PDF file, as demonstrated by pdftops.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 0.69.0-2)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 0.69.0-2)
forky: resolved (fixed in 0.69.0-2)
sid: resolved (fixed in 0.69.0-2)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 0.69.0-2)
GHSA
GHSA-j788-f9fx-qmj8: The FoFiType1C::cvtGlyph function in fofi/FoFiType1C
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2017-18267 [MEDIUM] CWE-835 GHSA-j788-f9fx-qmj8: The FoFiType1C::cvtGlyph function in fofi/FoFiType1C
The FoFiType1C::cvtGlyph function in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc in Poppler through 0.64.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via a crafted PDF file, as demonstrated by pdftops.
OSV
poppler vulnerabilities
osv·2018-05-15·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-18267 [MEDIUM] poppler vulnerabilities
poppler vulnerabilities
It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain PDF files.
An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2017-18267)
It was discovered that poppler incorrectly handled certain PDF files.
An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-10768)
OSV
CVE-2017-18267: The FoFiType1C::cvtGlyph function in fofi/FoFiType1C
osv·2018-05-10·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-18267 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-18267: The FoFiType1C::cvtGlyph function in fofi/FoFiType1C
The FoFiType1C::cvtGlyph function in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc in Poppler through 0.64.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via a crafted PDF file, as demonstrated by pdftops.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-18267 poppler: Infinite recursion in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc:FoFiType1C::cvtGlyph() function allows denial of service [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2018-05-16·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-18267 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-18267 poppler: Infinite recursion in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc:FoFiType1C::cvtGlyph() function allows denial of service [fedora-all]
CVE-2017-18267 poppler: Infinite recursion in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc:FoFiType1C::cvtGlyph() function allows denial of service [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit messa
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-18267 mingw-poppler: poppler: Infinite recursion in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc:FoFiType1C::cvtGlyph() function allows denial of service [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2018-05-16·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-18267 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-18267 mingw-poppler: poppler: Infinite recursion in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc:FoFiType1C::cvtGlyph() function allows denial of service [fedora-all]
CVE-2017-18267 mingw-poppler: poppler: Infinite recursion in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc:FoFiType1C::cvtGlyph() function allows denial of service [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedp
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-18267 poppler: Infinite recursion in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc:FoFiType1C::cvtGlyph() function allows denial of service
bugzilla·2018-05-16·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-18267 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-18267 poppler: Infinite recursion in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc:FoFiType1C::cvtGlyph() function allows denial of service
CVE-2017-18267 poppler: Infinite recursion in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc:FoFiType1C::cvtGlyph() function allows denial of service
The FoFiType1C::cvtGlyph function in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc in Poppler through 0.64.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via a crafted PDF file, as demonstrated by pdftops.
Upstream bug:
https://bugzilla.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103238
Upstream patch:
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=60b4fe65bc9dc9b82bbadf0be2e3781be796a13d
Discussion:
Created mingw-poppler tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1578781]
Created poppler tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1578780]
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This issue has been addressed in the following products:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Via RH
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3140https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505https://bugzilla.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103238https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00024.htmlhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00018.htmlhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3647-1/https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3140https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505https://bugzilla.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103238https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00024.htmlhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00018.htmlhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3647-1/
2018-05-10
Published