CVE-2017-18267

MEDIUM

Freedesktop Poppler < 0.64.0 - Infinite Loop

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

The FoFiType1C::cvtGlyph function in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc in Poppler through 0.64.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via a crafted PDF file, as demonstrated by pdftops.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103238
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00024.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3647-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3140
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00018.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0027
EPSS Percentile 50.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-835
Status published
Products (10)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 17.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
debian/debian_linux 8.0
freedesktop/poppler < 0.64.0
redhat/ansible_tower 3.3
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0
Published May 10, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026