NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting poppler package, versions <0.61.1-2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-POPPLER-1557232
  • published2 Oct 2017
  • disclosed2 Oct 2017

Introduced: 2 Oct 2017

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 poppler to version 0.61.1-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream poppler package and not the poppler package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 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.