CVE-2017-14975

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The FoFiType1C::convertToType0 function in FoFiType1C.cc in Poppler 0.59.0 has a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability because a data structure is not initialized, which allows an attacker to launch a denial of service attack.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-476

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://bugzilla.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102653Exploit, Issue Tracking, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00023.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4079Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102653Exploit, Issue Tracking, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00023.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4079Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Oct 2, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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