CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-14927

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Sep 30, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
3.3 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Ubuntu
LOW
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In Poppler 0.59.0, a NULL Pointer Dereference exists in the SplashOutputDev::type3D0() function in SplashOutputDev.cc via a crafted PDF document.

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
PopplerFreedesktop0.59.0 (including)0.59.0 (including)
PopplerUbuntuartful*
PopplerUbuntubionic*
PopplerUbuntudevel*
PopplerUbuntuesm-infra/bionic*
PopplerUbuntuzesty*

Potential Mitigations

References