vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-3440-1 (CVE-2017-14975): poppler vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Oct 1, 2017 | Oct 6, 2017 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Oct 1, 2017
Added
Oct 6, 2017
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
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.
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-libpoppler44ubuntu-upgrade-libpoppler58ubuntu-upgrade-libpoppler64ubuntu-upgrade-poppler-utils
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