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CVE-2017-14927

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-14927 describes a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Poppler 0.59.0, specifically within the SplashOutputDev::type3D0() function, which can be triggered by a specially crafted PDF document. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3.0 score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector requiring user interaction, with a high impact on availability. 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
0.90%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
56.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0090 is in the 66th 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 5Fixed in: poppler
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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-14927Low

poppler: NULL pointer dereference in the SplashOutputDev::type3D0() function

Sep 8, 2017

References

bugs.freedesktop.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory