What is CVE-2017-14975?

CVE-2017-14975 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-10-02.

How severe is CVE-2017-14975?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Freedesktop Poppler

CVE-2017-14975

The FoFiType1C::convertToType0 function in FoFiType1C.cc in Poppler 0.59.0 has a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability because a data structure is not initialized, which allows an attacker to launch a denial of service attack.

Published 2017-10-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.025 (83.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-28.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 83.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.025 · newest: 0.025 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Freedesktop Poppler — versions 0.59.0
Debian Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0, 9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

bugzilla.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, VDB Entry, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4079 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00023.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-14975?: CVE-2017-14975 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-10-02.
How severe is CVE-2017-14975?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.