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CVE-2017-14927

Published: 30 September 2017

In Poppler 0.59.0, a NULL Pointer Dereference exists in the SplashOutputDev::type3D0() function in SplashOutputDev.cc via a crafted PDF document.

Notes

AuthorNote
leosilva
code in zesty,xenial and trusty are quite different lacking the code
that the patch applies against.
couldn't reproduce POC in trusty or xenial.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
poppler
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful
Released (0.57.0-2ubuntu4)
bionic
Released (0.57.0-2ubuntu4)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Not vulnerable

zesty Ignored
(end of life)
Patches:
upstream: https://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=6472d8493f7e82cc78b41da20a2bf19fcb4e0a7d

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H