CVE-2017-14975: Null Pointer Dereference
First published: Mon Oct 02 2017(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| debian/poppler | 0.71.0-5 0.71.0-5+deb10u3 20.09.0-3.1+deb11u1 22.12.0-2 | |
| freedesktop poppler | =0.59.0 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =7.0 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =8.0 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =9.0 |
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Reference Links
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102653
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=a5e5649ecf16fa05770620dbbd4985935dc2bbff
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-14975
- https://bugzilla.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102653
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00023.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4079
- collector/security-tracker-debian
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/weakness
- agent/severity
- agent/author
- agent/references
- agent/description
- agent/type
- agent/tags
- agent/event
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/last-modified-date
- package-manager/debian
- vendor/freedesktop
- canonical/freedesktop poppler
- version/freedesktop poppler/0.59.0
- vendor/debian
- canonical/debian debian linux
- version/debian debian linux/7.0
- version/debian debian linux/8.0
- version/debian debian linux/9.0