poppler: Memory corruption via Gfx.cc infinite loop
Published Sep 17, 2017
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.54%
Description
In Poppler 0.59.0, memory corruption occurs in a call to Object::streamGetChar in Object.h after a repeating series of Gfx::display, Gfx::go, Gfx::execOp, Gfx::opShowText, and Gfx::doShowText calls (aka a Gfx.cc infinite loop).
Affected products
No data.
- 0.59.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
poppler
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
poppler
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
poppler
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | poppler | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | poppler | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | poppler | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.54% (0.01542) | 74.02th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.54% (0.01542) | 71.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.17% (0.00170) | 54.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 28, 2023 | 0.17% (0.00170) | 53.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.16% (0.00157) | 50.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 26.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 24.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.51% (0.00510) | 11.04th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 0.51% (0.00510) | 10.75th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 0.51% (0.00510) | 28.30th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.51% (0.00510) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (6)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14519 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102701 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1499165 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14519
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14519
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4079 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14519 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102701 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitThird Party Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1499165 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14519 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14519 | ||
| https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4079 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.