Is CVE-2017-14976 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-14976 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-14976?

CVE-2017-14976 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-14976?

CVE-2017-14976 has an EPSS score of 2.58% (83th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-14976?

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

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-14976

HIGHEPSS 83th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The FoFiType1C::convertToType0 function in FoFiType1C.cc in Poppler 0.59.0 has a heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability if an out-of-bounds font dictionary index is encountered, which allows an attacker to launch a denial of service attack.

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

How to fix

Remediation Available

popplerDebian

Fixed in:0.61.1-2CVE-2017-14976

libpoppler44Ubuntu

Fixed in:0.24.5-2ubuntu4.9USN-3517-1

libpoppler58Ubuntu

Fixed in:0.41.0-0ubuntu1.6USN-3517-1

popplerUbuntu

Fixed in:0.24.5-2ubuntu4.9USN-3517-1

Fixed in:0.41.0-0ubuntu1.6USN-3517-1

poppler-utilsUbuntu

Fixed in:0.24.5-2ubuntu4.9USN-3517-1

Fixed in:0.41.0-0ubuntu1.6USN-3517-1

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 VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

2.58%probability of exploitation in 30 days

83rdpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 83% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

cgit.freedesktop.org

Exploit1

bugzilla.freedesktop.org

Third-Party Advisory2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2014-0160	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-5777	High	7.5	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-4034	High	7.8	95%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-21769	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-49285	High	8.6	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-8794	Critical	9.8	89%	-	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.