{"id":"CVE-2017-18267","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-18267","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T22:10:23.672Z","title":"The FoFiType1C::cvtGlyph function in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc in Poppler through 0.64.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via a crafted PDF file, as demonstrated by pdftops.","description":"The FoFiType1C::cvtGlyph function in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc in Poppler through 0.64.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via a crafted PDF file, as demonstrated by pdftops.","published":"2018-05-10T15:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:12:31.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-835"],"affected":["freedesktop/poppler","canonical/ubuntu linux","redhat/ansible tower","redhat/enterprise linux desktop","redhat/enterprise linux server","redhat/enterprise linux workstation","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.01848,"percentile":0.78968,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.03443,"percentile":0.88465},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.01883,"percentile":0.78564}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.85%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3140","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103238","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00024.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00018.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3647-1/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3140","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103238","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00024.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00018.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3647-1/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18267","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}