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 an attacker to launch a denial of service attack.

CVSS v3.0 NVD

7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 NVD

5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS

1.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 80th percentile

Published

2017-10-01

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103045

Security advisories

• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00023.html
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4079

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry