VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-14976

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.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.58%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.58%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

CVSS 3.0: 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 2.58% probability · 85th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-125
Affected: freedesktop/poppler · debian/debian linux
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 2.6% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

https://bugzilla.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102724Exploit, Issue Tracking, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=da63c35549e8852a410946ab016a3f25ac701bdfPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00023.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4079Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102724Exploit, Issue Tracking, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=da63c35549e8852a410946ab016a3f25ac701bdfPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00023.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4079Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.