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CVE-2017-14517

Published: 17 September 2017

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

Notes

AuthorNote
leosilva
couldn't reproduce in trusty or xenial using POC

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
poppler
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [not reproducible])
upstream Needs triage

xenial Not vulnerable
(not reproducible)
zesty
Released (0.48.0-2ubuntu2.2)
Patches:
upstream: https://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=476394e7a025e02e4897da2e765df2c895d0708f

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