UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18267

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-18267
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18267.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18267
Upstream
Downstream
Related
Published
2018-05-10T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:35Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

The FoFiType1C::cvtGlyph function in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc in Poppler through 0.64.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via a crafted PDF file, as demonstrated by pdftops.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / poppler

Package

Name
poppler
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/poppler@0.24.5-2ubuntu4.11?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.24.5-2ubuntu4.11

Affected versions

0.*

0.24.1-0ubuntu1
0.24.3-0ubuntu1
0.24.3-0ubuntu2
0.24.3-0ubuntu3
0.24.3-0ubuntu4
0.24.3-0ubuntu5
0.24.3-0ubuntu6
0.24.3-0ubuntu7
0.24.3-0ubuntu8
0.24.3-0ubuntu10
0.24.3-0ubuntu12
0.24.5-0ubuntu3
0.24.5-2ubuntu1
0.24.5-2ubuntu2
0.24.5-2ubuntu4
0.24.5-2ubuntu4.1
0.24.5-2ubuntu4.2
0.24.5-2ubuntu4.3
0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4
0.24.5-2ubuntu4.5
0.24.5-2ubuntu4.6
0.24.5-2ubuntu4.7
0.24.5-2ubuntu4.8
0.24.5-2ubuntu4.9

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-poppler-0.18",
            "binary_version": "0.24.5-2ubuntu4.11"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-cpp-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.24.5-2ubuntu4.11"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-cpp0",
            "binary_version": "0.24.5-2ubuntu4.11"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.24.5-2ubuntu4.11"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-glib-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.24.5-2ubuntu4.11"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-glib8",
            "binary_version": "0.24.5-2ubuntu4.11"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-private-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.24.5-2ubuntu4.11"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt4-4",
            "binary_version": "0.24.5-2ubuntu4.11"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt4-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.24.5-2ubuntu4.11"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt5-1",
            "binary_version": "0.24.5-2ubuntu4.11"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt5-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.24.5-2ubuntu4.11"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler44",
            "binary_version": "0.24.5-2ubuntu4.11"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "poppler-utils",
            "binary_version": "0.24.5-2ubuntu4.11"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / poppler

Package

Name
poppler
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/poppler@0.41.0-0ubuntu1.7?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.41.0-0ubuntu1.7

Affected versions

0.*

0.33.0-0ubuntu3
0.37.0-0ubuntu1
0.38.0-0ubuntu1
0.41.0-0ubuntu1
0.41.0-0ubuntu1.1
0.41.0-0ubuntu1.2
0.41.0-0ubuntu1.3
0.41.0-0ubuntu1.4
0.41.0-0ubuntu1.5
0.41.0-0ubuntu1.6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-poppler-0.18",
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-cpp-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-cpp0",
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-glib-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-glib8",
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-private-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt4-4",
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt4-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt5-1",
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt5-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler58",
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "poppler-utils",
            "binary_version": "0.41.0-0ubuntu1.7"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / poppler

Package

Name
poppler
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/poppler@0.62.0-2ubuntu2.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.62.0-2ubuntu2.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.57.0-2ubuntu4
0.57.0-2ubuntu5
0.62.0-1ubuntu1
0.62.0-2ubuntu1
0.62.0-2ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-poppler-0.18",
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-cpp-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-cpp0v5",
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-glib-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-glib8",
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-private-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt5-1",
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt5-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler73",
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "poppler-utils",
            "binary_version": "0.62.0-2ubuntu2.1"
        }
    ]
}