CVE-2019-9959

MEDIUM

Poppler <0.78.0 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The JPXStream::init function in Poppler 0.78.0 and earlier doesn't check for negative values of stream length, leading to an Integer Overflow, thereby making it possible to allocate a large memory chunk on the heap, with a size controlled by an attacker, as demonstrated by pdftocairo.

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/blob/master/NEWS
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109342
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2713
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00024.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00014.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00030.html

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0145
EPSS Percentile 81.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-190
Status published
Products (17)
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
debian/debian_linux 10.0
fedoraproject/fedora 29
fedoraproject/fedora 30
freedesktop/poppler < 0.78.0
redhat/enterprise_linux 8.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_eus 8.1
redhat/enterprise_linux_eus 8.2
redhat/enterprise_linux_eus 8.4
... and 7 more
Published Jul 22, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026