CVE-2017-14519

7.5 HIGH
Published: September 17, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026
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Description

In Poppler 0.59.0, memory corruption occurs in a call to Object::streamGetChar in Object.h after a repeating series of Gfx::display, Gfx::go, Gfx::execOp, Gfx::opShowText, and Gfx::doShowText calls (aka a Gfx.cc infinite loop).

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102701
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102701
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4079
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

4 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.5%
72th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

freedesktop