CVE-2017-14977 Information

Description

The FoFiTrueType::getCFFBlock function in FoFiTrueType.cc in Poppler 0.59.0 has a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability due to lack of validation of a table pointer which allows an attacker to launch a denial of service attack.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103045 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00023.html https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4079

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5