High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 2, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-14976
CVE-2017-14976
Description
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.
Affected products
13- Range: <0.59.0
- osv-coords8 versionspkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/poppler&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/poppler-qt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/poppler-qt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/poppler-qt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/poppler-qt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3
< 0.43.0-16.15.1+ 7 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0.43.0-16.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.43.0-16.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.43.0-16.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.43.0-16.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.43.0-16.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.43.0-16.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.43.0-16.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.43.0-16.15.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingVDB EntryVendor Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00023.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4079nvdThird Party Advisory
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