CVE-2017-14977

NameCVE-2017-14977
DescriptionThe FoFiTrueType::getCFFBlock function in FoFiTrueType.cc in Poppler 0.59.0 has a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability due to lack of validation of a table pointer, which allows an attacker to launch a denial of service attack.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1177-1, DSA-4079-1
Debian Bugs877952

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
poppler (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)0.26.5-2+deb8u16fixed
stretch (security)0.48.0-2+deb9u4fixed
stretch (lts), stretch0.48.0-2+deb9u6fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)0.71.0-5+deb10u3fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye20.09.0-3.1+deb11u1fixed
bookworm22.12.0-2fixed
sid, trixie24.08.0-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
popplersourcewheezy0.18.4-6+deb7u4DLA-1177-1
popplersourcejessie0.26.5-2+deb8u2DSA-4079-1
popplersourcestretch0.48.0-2+deb9u1DSA-4079-1
popplersource(unstable)0.61.1-2low877952

Notes

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103045
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=19eedc6fb693a62f305e13079501e3105f869f3c

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