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CVE-2017-14929

Published: 29 September 2017

In Poppler 0.59.0, memory corruption occurs in a call to Object::dictLookup() in Object.h after a repeating series of Gfx::display, Gfx::go, Gfx::execOp, Gfx::opFill, Gfx::doPatternFill, Gfx::doTilingPatternFill and Gfx::drawForm calls (aka a Gfx.cc infinite loop), a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-14519.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
poppler
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty
Released (0.24.5-2ubuntu4.7)
upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (0.41.0-0ubuntu1.4)
zesty
Released (0.48.0-2ubuntu2.3)
Patches:
upstream: https://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=2c92c7b6a828c9db8a38f079ea7a3d51c12a481d

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H