CVE-2017-14518 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In Poppler 0.59.0, a floating point exception exists in the isImageInterpolationRequired() function in Splash.cc via a crafted PDF document.

Published: 2017-09-17

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:0.59.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-4079-1	poppler security update
EUVD	EUVD-2017-6019	In Poppler 0.59.0, a floating point exception exists in the isImageInterpolationRequired() function in Splash.cc via a crafted PDF document.
Ubuntu USN	USN-3440-1	poppler vulnerabilities

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00272.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102688
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14518
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14518
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4079

History

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Subscriptions

Freedesktop Poppler

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-09-17T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T19:27:40.811Z

Reserved: 2017-09-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-14518

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-09-17T23:29:00.310

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-14518

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-09-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-14518 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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