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CVE-2017-14975

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-14975 describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the FoFiType1C::convertToType0 function of Poppler 0.59.0, affecting Debian and freedesktop Poppler distributions. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) allows an unauthenticated attacker to launch a denial-of-service attack with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0246 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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-2017-14975Low

poppler: NULL pointer dereference in the FoFiType1C::convertToType0 function

Sep 11, 2017

References

bugzilla.freedesktop.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingVDB EntryVendor Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00023.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4079
Third Party Advisory