CVE-2017-14975: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only; version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
• Freedesktop Poppler: version 0.59.0 only

Published 2017-10-02. Last modified 2026-06-17.