CVE-2017-14520 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In Poppler 0.59.0, a floating point exception occurs in Splash::scaleImageYuXd() in Splash.cc, which may lead to a potential attack when handling malicious PDF files.

Published: 2017-09-17

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-4079-1	poppler security update
EUVD	EUVD-2017-6021	In Poppler 0.59.0, a floating point exception occurs in Splash::scaleImageYuXd() in Splash.cc, which may lead to a potential attack when handling malicious PDF files.
Ubuntu USN	USN-3440-1	poppler vulnerabilities

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00285.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102719
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14520
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14520
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4079

History

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Freedesktop Poppler

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-09-17T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T19:27:40.754Z

Reserved: 2017-09-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-14520

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-09-17T23:29:00.387

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

Link: CVE-2017-14520

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-09-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-14520 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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