NULL pointer derefenrece in Poppler - CVE-2017-14975
Published: October 2, 2017 / Updated: October 2, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU8651
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14975
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Freedesktop.org
Affected software:
Poppler
Poppler
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) conditions.
The vulnerability exists due to an error in FoFiType1C::convertToType0 function in FoFiType1C.cc when processing documents. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted document, trigger NULL pointer dereference and perform a denial of service attack.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to cause application crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-14975
Install update from vendor's repository:
https://bugzilla.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102653
https://bugzilla.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102653