CVE-2017-18267

Publication date 10 May 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
poppler 18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.1
17.10 artful
Fixed 0.57.0-2ubuntu4.3
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.7
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.11

Patch details

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Package Patch details
poppler

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

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