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Vulnerability details: VCID-cm94-phf6-nbfq
Vulnerability ID VCID-cm94-phf6-nbfq
Aliases CVE-2017-18267
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.0
Risk 2.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion
System Score Found at
cvssv3 5.1 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-18267.json
epss 0.00254 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18267
epss 0.00254 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18267
epss 0.00254 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18267
epss 0.00254 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18267
epss 0.00254 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18267
epss 0.00254 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18267
epss 0.00254 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18267
epss 0.00254 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18267
epss 0.00254 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18267
epss 0.00254 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18267
epss 0.00451 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18267
epss 0.00451 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18267
epss 0.00451 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18267
epss 0.00451 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18267
epss 0.00451 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18267
epss 0.00451 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18267
epss 0.00451 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18267
epss 0.00451 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18267
epss 0.00451 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18267
epss 0.00451 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18267
epss 0.00451 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18267
epss 0.00451 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18267
epss 0.00451 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18267
epss 0.00451 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18267
cvssv3 3.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18267
cvssv3 5.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18267
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3140
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-18267.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-18267
https://bugzilla.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103238
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-18267
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00024.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00018.html
1578777 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1578777
898357 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=898357
cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2017-18267 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18267
USN-3647-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3647-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-18267.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18267
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18267
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

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none

required

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none

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low

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.48564
EPSS Score 0.00254
Published At Sept. 9, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:37:51.038546+00:00 Ubuntu USN Importer Import https://usn.ubuntu.com/3647-1/ 37.0.0