CVE-2017-14976 (GCVE-0-2017-14976)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-10-01 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 19:42
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/comm… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4079 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| https://bugzilla.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102724 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
Date Public
2017-10-01 00:00
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