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CVE-2017-14977

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-14977 is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the FoFiTrueType::getCFFBlock function of Poppler 0.59.0, affecting Debian Linux and Freedesktop Poppler. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely trigger a denial of service (DoS) condition due to insufficient validation of a table pointer. Rated 7.5 HIGH on CVSS, the vulnerability is easily exploitable with no user interaction required, but there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion.

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
1.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0199 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 51,455 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 7Fixed in: poppler
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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-14977Low

poppler: NULL pointer dereference in the FoFiTrueType::getCFFBlock function

Sep 30, 2017

References

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