What is CVE-2017-14517?

CVE-2017-14517 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-09-17.

How severe is CVE-2017-14517?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-14517 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

NULL pointer dereference in Freedesktop Poppler

CVE-2017-14517

In Poppler 0.59.0, a NULL Pointer Dereference exists in the XRef::parseEntry() function in XRef.cc via a crafted PDF document.

Published 2017-09-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (63.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 63.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Freedesktop Poppler — versions 0.59.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4079 (vendor-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/105050 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-14517?: CVE-2017-14517 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-09-17.
How severe is CVE-2017-14517?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-14517 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.