Is CVE-2017-14520 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-14520 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-14520?

CVE-2017-14520 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-14520?

CVE-2017-14520 has an EPSS score of 1.21% (65th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-14520?

Upgrade poppler on debian 11 to 0.61.1-2 or later. Fixes are available for 5 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-14520

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-20Improper Input Validation

How to fix

Remediation Available

popplerDebian

Fixed in:0.61.1-2CVE-2017-14520

libpoppler44Ubuntu

Fixed in:0.24.5-2ubuntu4.7USN-3440-1

libpoppler58Ubuntu

Fixed in:0.41.0-0ubuntu1.4USN-3440-1

popplerUbuntu

Fixed in:0.24.5-2ubuntu4.7USN-3440-1

Fixed in:0.41.0-0ubuntu1.4USN-3440-1

poppler-utilsUbuntu

Fixed in:0.24.5-2ubuntu4.7USN-3440-1

Fixed in:0.41.0-0ubuntu1.4USN-3440-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.21%probability of exploitation in 30 days

65thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 65% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

bugs.freedesktop.org

Other references1

debian.org

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2024-3400	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-45105	Medium	5.9	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-44228	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-21985	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2018-7600	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2020-3452	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-13.