CVE-2017-14977

Publication date 1 October 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
poppler 17.04 zesty
Fixed 0.48.0-2ubuntu2.3
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.4
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.7

Patch details

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Package Patch details
poppler

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3440-1
    • poppler vulnerabilities
    • 6 October 2017

Other references