CVE-2019-9959

medium

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

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A6NX2XPMMV7O52F4NBNCHGILGJXM3OJZ/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5ZOYOZTGU4RGZW4E63OZ7LW4SMPEWGBV/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00030.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00014.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00024.html

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/blob/master/NEWS

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2713

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109342

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-07-22

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

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

Severity: Medium