CVE-2017-14977 - The FoFiTrueType::getCFFBlock function in FoFiTrueType.cc in Poppler 0.59.0 has a NULL pointer deref

CVE-2017-14977

Summary

The FoFiTrueType::getCFFBlock function in FoFiTrueType.cc in Poppler 0.59.0 has a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability due to lack of validation of a table pointer, which allows an attacker to launch a denial of service attack.

References

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:0.59.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:0.59.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	5.0 (as of 03-05-2019 - 20:05)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

CWE-476

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	LOW	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
NONE	NONE	PARTIAL

cvss-vector via4

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

refmap via4

confirm	https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103045
debian	DSA-4079
mlist	[debian-lts-announce] 20171118 [SECURITY] [DLA 1177-1] poppler security update

Last major update

03-05-2019 - 20:05

Published

02-10-2017 - 01:29

Last modified

03-05-2019 - 20:05