poppler: Memory corruption via Gfx.cc infinite loop
Published Sep 29, 2017
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.38%
Description
In Poppler 0.59.0, memory corruption occurs in a call to Object::dictLookup() in Object.h after a repeating series of Gfx::display, Gfx::go, Gfx::execOp, Gfx::opFill, Gfx::doPatternFill, Gfx::doTilingPatternFill and Gfx::drawForm calls (aka a Gfx.cc infinite loop), a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-14519.
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 v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.38% (0.01384) | 71.18th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 1.38% (0.01384) | 70.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.10% (0.00099) | 41.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 0.10% (0.00099) | 40.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.14% (0.00139) | 47.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | 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 | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.51% (0.00510) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (6)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14929 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102969 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1499167 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14929
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14929
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4097 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14929 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102969 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1499167 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14929 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14929 | ||
| https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4097 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
Change history (0)
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