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CVE-2017-14517

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-14517 is a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Poppler 0.59.0, specifically within the XRef::parseEntry() function, triggered by a specially crafted PDF document. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and leading to high availability impact (denial of service). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.59.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:0.59.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.06%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
61.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0106 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: poppler
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: poppler
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: poppler

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-14517Low

poppler: NULL pointer dereference in the XRef::parseEntry() function

Sep 13, 2017

References

bugs.freedesktop.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4079
securityfocus.com / bid/105050