CVE-2017-14520

Publication date 17 September 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

In Poppler 0.59.0, a floating point exception occurs in Splash::scaleImageYuXd() in Splash.cc, which may lead to a potential attack when handling malicious PDF files.

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
Fixed 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.7

Patch details

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Package Patch details
poppler

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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

Other references