SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-14517

In Poppler 0.59.0, a NULL Pointer Dereference exists in the XRef::parseEntry() function in XRef.cc via a crafted PDF document.

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.06%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.06%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

In Poppler 0.59.0, a NULL Pointer Dereference exists in the XRef::parseEntry() function in XRef.cc via a crafted PDF document.

CVSS 3.0
5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
1.06% probability · 63th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-476
Affected
freedesktop/poppler
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.