UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14976

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14976

    Published: 1 Oct 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-14976
    Aliases:
    USN-3517-1

    Summary:

    Details: The FoFiType1C::convertToType0 function in FoFiType1C.cc in Poppler 0.59.0 has a heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability if an out-of-bounds font dictionary index is encountered, which allows an attacker to launch a denial of service attack.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14976, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3517-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14976

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: poppler

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.24.5-2ubuntu4.9

    Affected versions

    0.24.1-0ubuntu1
    0.24.3-0ubuntu1
    0.24.3-0ubuntu2
    0.24.3-0ubuntu3
    0.24.3-0ubuntu4
    0.24.3-0ubuntu5
    0.24.3-0ubuntu6
    0.24.3-0ubuntu7
    0.24.3-0ubuntu8
    0.24.3-0ubuntu10
    0.24.3-0ubuntu12
    0.24.5-0ubuntu3
    0.24.5-2ubuntu1
    0.24.5-2ubuntu2
    0.24.5-2ubuntu4
    0.24.5-2ubuntu4.1
    0.24.5-2ubuntu4.2
    0.24.5-2ubuntu4.3
    0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4
    0.24.5-2ubuntu4.5
    0.24.5-2ubuntu4.6
    0.24.5-2ubuntu4.7
    0.24.5-2ubuntu4.8

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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