What is CVE-2017-14928?

CVE-2017-14928 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-09-30.

How severe is CVE-2017-14928?

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

Is CVE-2017-14928 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-2017-14928

In Poppler 0.59.0, a NULL Pointer Dereference exists in AnnotRichMedia::Configuration::Configuration in Annot.cc via a crafted PDF document.

EPSS: 0.002 (38.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Freedesktop Poppler — versions 0.59.0
Debian Debian_linux — versions 9.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-14928?: CVE-2017-14928 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-09-30.
How severe is CVE-2017-14928?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-14928 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.