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CVE-2017-14977

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

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · September 30, 2017

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

The FoFiTrueType::getCFFBlock function in FoFiTrueType.cc in Poppler 0.59.0 has a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability due to lack of validation of a table pointer, which allows an attacker to launch a denial of service attack.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference