CVE-2019-9199

high

Description

PoDoFo::Impose::PdfTranslator::setSource() in pdftranslator.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.6 has a NULL pointer dereference that can (for example) be triggered by sending a crafted PDF file to the podofoimpose binary. It allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

References

https://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/tickets/40/

https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/null-pointer-dereference-vulnerability-in-setsource-podofo-0-9-6-trunk-r1967/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NTJ5AAM6Y4NMSELEH7N5ZG4DNO56BCYF/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CIC2EXSSMBT3MY2HY42IIY4BUQS2SVYB/

https://github.com/mksdev/podofo/commit/1400a9aaf611299b9a56aa2abeb158918b9743c8

https://github.com/jjanku/podofo/commit/ada821df68fb0bf673840ed525daf4ec709dbfd9

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-02-26

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

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

Severity: High