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CVE-2017-18267

Published: 10 May 2018

The FoFiType1C::cvtGlyph function in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc in Poppler through 0.64.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via a crafted PDF file, as demonstrated by pdftops.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
poppler
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful
Released (0.57.0-2ubuntu4.3)
bionic
Released (0.62.0-2ubuntu2.1)
trusty
Released (0.24.5-2ubuntu4.11)
upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (0.41.0-0ubuntu1.7)
Patches:
upstream: https://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=60b4fe65bc9dc9b82bbadf0be2e3781be796a13d

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