CVE-2017-14517 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In Poppler 0.59.0, a NULL Pointer Dereference exists in the XRef::parseEntry() function in XRef.cc via a crafted PDF document.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00411.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Freedesktop	Poppler

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:0.59.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-1116-1	poppler security update
Debian DSA	DSA-4079-1	poppler security update
EUVD	EUVD-2017-6018	In Poppler 0.59.0, a NULL Pointer Dereference exists in the XRef::parseEntry() function in XRef.cc via a crafted PDF document.
Ubuntu USN	USN-3433-1	poppler vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105050
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102687
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14517
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14517
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4079

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-09-17T23:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T19:27:40.746Z

Reserved: 2017-09-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-14517

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-09-17T23:29:00.263

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-14517

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-09-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-14517 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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