CVE-2019-9959

Summary

CVECVE-2019-9959
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-07-22 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:13:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-190

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 29 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 30 All All All
Application Freedesktop Poppler All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 8.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 8.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 8.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 8.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 8.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 8.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 8.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 8.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 8.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 8.6 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: poppler-0.67.0-22.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 1963-1] poppler security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: poppler-0.73.0-14.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Poppler CVE-2019-9959 Integer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: poppler-0.67.0-22.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: poppler-0.73.0-14.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
NEWS · master · poppler / poppler · GitLab CONFIRM gitlab.freedesktop.org Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 3120-1] poppler security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2440-1] poppler security update MLIST lists.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 181075 Debian Security Update for poppler (DLA 3120-1)
  • 377260 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for poppler and evince (ALINUX2-SA-2020:0052)
  • 500528 Alpine Linux Security Update for poppler
  • 504295 Alpine Linux Security Update for poppler
  • 751420 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for poppler (SUSE-SU-2021:3854-1)
  • 751427 OpenSUSE Security Update for poppler (openSUSE-SU-2021:3854-1)
  • 752145 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for poppler (SUSE-SU-2022:1723-1)
  • 752148 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for poppler (SUSE-SU-2022:1724-1)
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