7.5

CVE-2017-14975: debian debian_linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-14975DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14975
Published 01-10-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-14975 is a high (CVSS 7.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 2.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
40/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.46%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Duplicates 1 · Related 2
DLA-1177-1DSA-4079-1MGASA-2017-0378SUSE-SU-2018:1662-1USN-3440-1CVE-2017-1000436

Timeline

  1. 01-10-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.46%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

84%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.46% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.46%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugzilla.freedesktop.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian2 products
Freedesktop1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • poppler< 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.7 | < 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.4

3 vendors · 4 products

References

7 links