#VU8653 Heap-based buffer overflow in Poppler - CVE-2017-14976

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#VU8653 Heap-based buffer overflow in Poppler - CVE-2017-14976

Published: October 2, 2017 / Updated: October 2, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU8653
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14976
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Poppler
Software vendor:
Freedesktop.org

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to boundary error in FoFiType1C::convertToType0 function in FoFiType1C.cc when processing fonts in documents. A remote unauthenticated attacker can create a specially crafted document and trigger application crash.


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