CVE-2017-14928

Publication date 29 September 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

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

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
poppler 17.04 zesty
Fixed 0.48.0-2ubuntu2.3
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.4
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Notes

leosilva

for trusty code affected is not present

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

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:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3440-1
    • poppler vulnerabilities
    • 6 October 2017

Other references