NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting poppler-demos package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-POPPLERDEMOS-1976850
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed11 Sept 2017

Introduced: 11 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-14975  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 poppler-demos.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream poppler-demos package and not the poppler-demos package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The FoFiType1C::convertToType0 function in FoFiType1C.cc in Poppler 0.59.0 has a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability because a data structure is not initialized, which allows an attacker to launch a denial of service attack.